Hard fantasy- dark, vibrant and gritty. Complex universe creation ( )

La Compañía se vuelve a enfrentar a la batalla, la miseria y la traición en una guerra entre fuerzas mucho más poderosas.
La historia nos llega una vez más de la mano de Murgen, analista y portaestandarte de la Compañía Negra, cuyos crecientes poderes para viajar en el tiempo y el espacio le aportan una perspectiva inigualable.
Capitaneada por el astuto comandante Matasanos y la Dama, la Compañía trabaja para el Gobierno de Taglios; pero ni la Compañía confía demasiado en los taglianos ni viceversa. Frente a ambos se encuentra una alianza igual de inestable de hechiceros, entre los que se encuentra la diabólica Atrapaalmas, el psicótico Aullador y una niña de cuatro años que podría ser la más poderosa de todos.
Como sus antecesores, ‘Ella es la oscuridad’ fusiona la magia de Tolkien, Jordan y Moorcock con el realismo de la aventura militar moderna, para contar una historia de brujería, guerra y heroísmo.

A terrific read, and one of the stronger books in an already strong series. It takes full advantage of having had the table set in the previous two volumes, and the pace is brisk and exciting as a result, even by the Black Company's already fairly high standards in that regard. My main gripe is that the book continues past its natural conclusion. It's all about the siege of Overlook and the fight against Langshadow, until that plot is (satisfactorily) resolved, and then, the book just continues, with a big chunk of pages yet to go. What follows is really all just set up for the next book, I imagine, and it continues on until a huge, exciting cliffhanger can be set up for the next installment. It's not that the novel is weak in this section, it's just that it feels a bit tacked on after what seemed the novel's natural conclusion. Though there are spoiler reasons why it probably had to be like that, I imagine. And otherwise, this was great. I even mostly enjoyed the dream sequences, and that never happens. ( )

The first half of this book is the worst Black Company I have ever read. It was slow and boring. However halfway through it really took off, and ended with a cliffhanger to make the earlier slog worth it all.

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This book did not work out for me at all. It consistently failed to hold my attention, and I found myself going back to podcasts or music again and again, instead of listening to the audiobook. I think this means that I should drop the series for now and possibly come back later, if at all. ( )