

The interquel Port of Shadows – which was published about 35 years after the Books of the North – revealed many "lost" events that took place between The Black Company and Shadows Linger.

The novel was first published in May 1984, and was quickly followed by its planned sequel Shadows Linger that same year. It chronicles: the last days of the Black Company's service to the Syndic of Beryl on the northern coast of the southern continent the new arrangement with their next employer Soulcatcher who brought them on their fateful journey across the Sea of Torments and, several months of their campaigns and special missions in the Lady's Empire, up to and including the sprawling, bloody Battle of Charm. The Black Company by Glen Cook is the first novel of the Black Company series and the first of the Books of the North trilogy.

For an overview of the entire series itself, see: Black Company series For the organization, see: Black Company. 1984) This is the article for the first novel of the series.
