(Containing The Fire in His Hands and With Mercy (Containing A Shadow of All Night Falling, October’s Baby and All Darkness Met) Read moreĪn Empire Unacquainted with Defeat Stories Of The Dread Empire Glen Cook Night Shade Books Enjoyable selection, a shame that many more were lost to the ravages of time and so will never see the light of day. There alos isn't room to develop a omnipresent observer, so fights and intereactions are far more personal than happens in the main books. In a short story there isn't room for character development (never Cook's strongest point) and so we can cut to the heart of the action. In my opinion Glen Cook writes better short stories than the full length novels. Other tales were set in more tradional villages on either sides of the big war. I was most taken by the Vengeful Dragon, a set of three tales featuring crew trapped as shades upon a piratical Maire Celeste. It would be wiseto have read the main series first, although it probably isn't necessary.Varide in nature and time all of them are quite good and few are particularly special. Only one features any of the main characters of Dread Empire, but there are a few references to them, and other familiar locations. Some have never been published before, others were amoung the first stories Glen ever had published in various fantasy magazine and anthologies. A selection of short stories set in the Dread Empire universe.
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