- Darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must. They bury their doubts with their dead.Then comes the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more...This is fantasy for all fans of Steven Erikson, Joe Abercrombie and David Gemmell.Contains the first three Black Company novels: "The Black Company", "Shadows Linger", "The White Rose".