The Heirs of Babylon

Praise for The Heirs of Babylon A loving reissue . . . this early work is much more than a mere curiosity. -B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog Praise for Glen Cook Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy-something a lot of people didn't notice, and maybe still don't. Reading his stuff is like reading Vietnam War fiction on Peyote. -Steven Erikson, author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series Over the past 25 years, Cook has carved out a place for himself among the preeminent fantasy writers of his generation. . . . His work is unrelentingly real, complex, and honest. The sense of place that permeates his narrative and characters gives his `fantasies' more gravitas and grit than most fictions set in the here-and-now. -New York Times bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer A master realist of the imagination. -Locus Glen writes a mean book. -Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files These books, like so many of Cook's series, are epic in scale but intimate in focus . . . Cook is a brilliant writer. -The Green Man Review, on A Fortress in Shadow One of the defining fantasy series ever written. Glen Cook's writing is a great flood that washes fantasy tropes and cliche's away and in their place we are given three novels that make us reflect on what it means to be human. . . . On more than one occasion I found chills running down my spine. Words don't do these novels justice. -The Ostentatious Ogre on A Cruel Wind Glen Cook is the author of some of my hands-down favorite books. I hold out his Black Company series as arguably the best military fantasy ever written. The early Garrett books set a standard for the blending of fantasy and hardboiled fiction. -Black Gate One of Cook's strongest storytelling traits shines through, his ability to cast no judgment and show the opposing sides of a conflict with honesty, empathy, and resonance. -SFFWorld, on A Fortress in Shadow Glen Cook is a rare beast of a writer-he can vacillate between military fantasy, space opera, epic fantasy, mystery, and science fantasy with great ease. His writing is often marked by a purity; that he is depicting life in its most real sense, from the thoughts in a character's mind to the wind rushing across his or her face. -Rob H. Bedford, sffworld.com, on Darkwar Cook's talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge. -Library Journal, on Water Sleeps Cook provides a rich world of assorted races, cultures, and religions; his characters combine the mythic or exotic with the realistic, engaging in absorbing alliances, enmities, and double-crosses. -Publishers Weekly, on Bleak Seasons New and innovative. [Cook] blends the urban, intimate, slightly seedy tradition of sword & sorcery with the pastoral, epic, expansive tradition of heroic fantasy . . . this is the book that injected a shot of realism into the genre, and helped steer it on the course towards modern so-called gritty fantasy. -Strange Horizons, on Chronicles of the Black Company Glen Cook changed the face of the fantasy genre forever . . . and for the better. -Fantasy Book Review, on The Black Company