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  • The Silver Spike

  • The Chronicles of the Black Company
  • By: Glen Cook
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
  • Length: 11 hrs
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (74 ratings)

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The Silver Spike

By: Glen Cook
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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Summary

....embedded in the trunk of the scion of the godtree, it contains the essence of the maddest of the Ten Who Were Taken...The Dominator.

Defeated by the Lady and cast from this world, all that was left of him was a foul trace of lingering evil. But the graveyard that was once the Barrowland contains more secrets than dead. All who would possess the power of the Dominator are drawn to the spike. A foolhardy band of thieves is the first to reach it, and a rapacious and malign spirit is unleashed on an unwary world. The forces gather, sides are drawn, and mortal men can only die as the Dark Lords battle for domination.

©1989 Glen Cook (P)2010 Audible, Inc.
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The best in the series

This book should be in the main listing for the black company series. Don't skip it it's one of the best

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Should've been in the main narrative

Very good listen, with some interesting new characters and return of some old ones. Nice way to round out the opening 3 books

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A nice little spin-off


Story – 4/5

This is a nice little spin-off from the main Croaker story arc; following Darling, Raven and Silent instead. This book can probably be read as either book 5 or 6, given that it is a spin off, and book 4 left us with a very open end. I chose to read it as book 5, as it is set in the same period of time as book 4, and was published in this order.

There is a lot of fighting and battles between evil and….well…not so evil… in this book and it all builds up very nicely throughout until the final couple of hours, where it will have you hooked like I was. The “grey” characterisation that Glen Cook employs is prominent once again and very nicely done – the only black and white characters seem to be the Dominator and Darling. The prose is excellent, but concise and the entire story is very fast paced as a consequence. A very nice addition to the Black Company books.


Performance – 4.5/5

Jonathan Davis may have been a change of narrator from the first 4 books, but this is fine, as it is not from Croaker’s perspective any more. I actually found him to be equally as good as Marc Vietor, the only negative being that his reading could have been a little quicker.

His voice acting is excellent and distinctive, and he adds to the dark tone of the story very nicely. If you are not a fan of strong American accents though, you may want to listen to the sample before purchasing.


Overall – 4/5

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