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Surrender to the Will of the Night release date announced!
by Marc Rikmenspoel 04 Apr '10

04 Apr '10

Amazon is showing<http://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Will-Night-Instrumentalities/dp/0765306867/…>November 23 of this year as its release date, finally! It looks like my speculation was wrong, and it will be out in hardcover at first. Between that and Gilded Latten Bones three weeks earlier, November should be a good month!

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News on the New Dread Empire Novel?
by Lawrence Jenab 03 Apr '10

03 Apr '10

I haven't heard anything in a long time about "A Path to Coldness of Heart," or whatever the resuscitated "Wrath of Kings" is going to be called. Anybody heard anything? It also seems like ages since Glen submitted the third Instrumentalities book . . . . LJ

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New Garrett in 2010!
by Marc Rikmenspoel 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Gilded Latten Bones is announced for release on November 2 of this year! See here<http://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Latten-Bones-Garrett-Novel/dp/0451463714/ref=s…>for Amazon's brief listing. Things can change, but this is a good sign!

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Lord of the Silent Kingdom
by Marc Rikmenspoel 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

I've mentioned before my theory that Tor is repositioning The Instrumentalities of the Night as a trade paperback series. It has been announced on Amazon and on Barnes & Noble's site that The Tyranny of the Night comes out in trade paperback on April 13 next year. Now Amazon is showing that Lord of the Silent Kingdom comes out in trade paperback 4 months later, on August 17. I guess this means that Surrender to the Will of the Night won't be released until at least 4 months later, and thus December of 2010 at the earliest :-( Hopefully, Working the Gods' Mischief will be complete by then, and can come out not too much later.... Nightshade still has no date announced for the Dread Empire Sequels omnibus, including the newly-rewritten conclusion to the story. I hope that becomes available in the next year too!

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Empire Unacquainted paperback July 2010
by Marc Rikmenspoel 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Looking at Nightshade's website today, I noticed that they mention that the trade apaerback of An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat is scheduled for July, 2010. Will it actually come out then? Hard to say, they can be slow to release items, even their better sellers such as Cook's works. There's no listing yet for The Wrath of Kings, which will at last include the continuation of An Ill Fate Marshalling, so I would expect that no earlier than a year from now, if not later. Nightshade still list the Darkwar omnibus for December of 2009, but that's just a few weeks from now, and you'd think (at least, I think) they would have a cover available on their site if it really was about to be released. So we'll see how that goes. Meanwhile, has anyone seen a copy of the recent reprint of Faded Steel Heat in a store? Amazon has it in stock, but I've yet to see one after checking many bookstores in Colorado, as well as several in Manhattan a few weeks ago. I suspect it is available only as a Print on Demand title, and that it won't find its way to brick and mortar stores, but I could be wrong. Amazon has been indicating that a reprint of Angry Lead Skies is available to be ordered, but will take 10-14 days to ship. This might also be POD, and they are awaiting a stock. POD can work that Amazon orders, say, 100, and so Roc has 100 made by a POD company and sent to Amazon's warehouse. I'm still not sure why cheap mass market paperbacks of the Black Company books can be ordered from Tor's website, but not from Amazon. My guess is that Amazon wants people to order the more expensive omnibus versions, but will carry Garrett POD titles since no omnibus editions exist (other than scarce bookclub versions). A trade paperback of The Tyrrany of the Knight is still listed for April 13, 2010, the same day Ian Cameron Esslemont's Return of the Crimson Guard Malazan novel gets its US release (both from Tor). I still think Tor intends to rebrand The Instrumentalities of the Night as a trade paperback line, so that the upcoming new volumes will also be trade paperbacks that can go on peoples' shelves next to the Black Company and Dread Empire omnibuses. The Many Deaths of the Black Company is still scheduled for January 5, less than two months from now. Early January is a priority time for publishers these days, instead of a Christmas rush, they release important titles soon after Christmas to capture the business of people who just received gift cards. So they have high hopes for Many Deaths, when they schedule it on such a date.

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New Black Company Story in June!
by Marc Rikmenspoel 21 Oct '09

21 Oct '09

See here<http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2009/10/20/swords-and-dark-magic-table…>for a new Sword & Sorcery anthology coming out next year. It includes a Black Company story by Glen Cook, as well as new tales by Steven Erikson, Michael Moorcock (an Elric story), Tanith Lee, Joe Abercrombie and other big names in Fantasy!

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Looking at release dates on Amazon
by Michael Llaneza 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

I see... The Many Deaths of the Black Company [1] Jan 15 Shadowline Jan 15 Tyranny of the Night April 13 Starfishers April 15 Not even a title for the 3rd (or 4th) Instrumentalities book yet and they''re reprinting the paperback for volume one. And, because it just LEAPT off the page... http://www.amazon.com/Darkwar-Glen-Cook/dp/1597801534/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=… I've emailed the seller, there has to be a story here. Hopefully something better than just an ARC. [1] A good title for the last omnibus [2] [2] "Last" because I'll believe in more BC books when I see them. -- Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1993-1951

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Glittering Stone books back in print NOW
by Marc Rikmenspoel 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

check out Tor-forge.com, Bleak Seasons, She is the Darkness, and Soldiers Live are all available again, and at their original cover prices of $5.99 and 6.99. Water Sleeps never went out of print, and it is now avilable for $7.99 instead of its original (and up to recently) price of $6.99. So, those looking to read the last 4 black Company books don't have to wait for the last two omnibuses to come out in Sptember and January. Nor do they have to pay a fortune on the secondary market. What's this about? I haven't a clue. I did check another favorite Tor/Forge author of mine, Richard S. Wheeler. The site shows some of Wheeler's extensive back catalog back in print. I'm guessing Tor cleaned out a warehouse somewhere and found some leftover boxes of books, but that's only a guess. Regardless, if you aren't set for these books, have at it!

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Empire sold out!
by Marc Rikmenspoel 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

I had a look at Nightshade Books' website http://www.nightshadebooks.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=127 and it shows that An Empire Unacquainted With Defeat has sold out of its hardcover printing! That's exciting, and I'm guessing getting the book into Barnes & Noble and Borders helped (I never saw A Cruel Wind or A Fortress in Shadow in the chain stores in hardcover). I hope they bring the softcover out soon! In the Discussion section of their site, someone asked about the sequels omnibus. They indicated that would be ready to announce details fairly soon, but can't do so yet. You guys have probably by now seen the artwork for the final Black Company omnibus, due in January http://www.amazon.com/Many-Deaths-Black-Company/dp/0765324016/ref=sr_1_4?ie… And Petty Pewter Gods is supposed to be out in reprint on August 4, but I saw a copy Sunday at a local Barnes & Noble. That's the Glen News for now...

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The Swordbearer is out
by Marc Rikmenspoel 25 Jul '09

25 Jul '09

I was at a local Barnes & Noble here in Denver tonight, and I saw the Nightshade edition of The Swordbearer on the stands. I hadn't realized this was now available, but there it was. It is a handsome book, just like the Dread Empire volumes (and with similar Raymond Swanland cover art). They also had the hardcover of An Empire Unacquainted With Defeat, it has been there for a few weeks, but this was the first (and only) Dread Empire hardcover I have seen in a brick and mortar store. The B&N tonight also had the new 4th printing of Cruel Zinc Melodies. I knew something was different right away, I quickly realized that this latest printing doesn't have embossing or foil on the cover. The Petty Pewter Gods reprint will be out in a few weeks. I guess Glen Cook and Garrett are still selling well, more power to them!

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