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Dreams of Steel 
Author(s) Glen Cook Cover artist Keith Berdak Country United States Language English Series The Black Company Genre(s) Epic fantasy, Dark fantasy Publisher Tor Fantasy Publication date April 1990 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 345 ISBN 0-8125-0210-8 OCLC Number 21347800 Preceded by Shadow Games Followed by Bleak Seasons Dreams of Steel is the fifth novel in Glen Cook's ongoing series, The Black Company. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history.
Contents
Plot summary
Characters in Dreams of Steel
The Black Company
- Lady - a once-powerful ruler of the Empire of The North, now the new leader and annalist for The Black Company
- Croaker - the Company's former Captain, now under the thrall of Soulcatcher
Taglians and Cohorts
- Prahbrindrah Drah - crown prince of Taglios
- Smoke - Sorcerer of Middling powers, who works for Prahbrindrah Drah
- Radisha Drah - sister of the Prahbrindrah Drah
- Willow Swan - originally from the town of Roses, travels to Taglios with his friend Cordy Mather. Becomes a military advisor to the Prahbrindrah Drah
- Cordwood "Cordy" Mather - friend of Willow Swans, also part of the Drahs' military maneuvers
- Blade - dangerous man saved from crocodiles by Willow and Cordy, now accompanies them wherever they go
Sorcerers
- Soulcatcher - thought to have been killed, returns to seek revenge on her sister Lady
- Longshadow - enigmatic shadowmaster that seeks to capture Lady
- Howler - one of the original Taken, lured from his swampy domain to aid Longshadow
The Black Company | Shadows Linger | The White Rose | Shadow Games | Dreams of Steel | Bleak Seasons | She Is the Darkness | Water Sleeps | Soldiers Live
Related novels: The Silver Spike
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