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Overview

Welcome to the world of the Instrumentalities of the Night, where imps, demons, and dark gods rule in the spaces surrounding upstart humanity. At the edges of the world stand walls of ice which push slowly forward to reclaim the land for the night. And at the world's center, in the Holy Land where two great religions were born, are the Wells of Ihrain, the source of the greatest magics. Over the last century the Patriarchs of the West have demanded crusades to claim the Wells from the Pramans, the followers of the Written. Now an uneasy truce extends between the Pramans and the West, waiting for a spark to start the conflict anew.

Then, on a mission in the Holy Land, the young Praman warrior Else is attacked by a creature of the Dark—in effect, a minor god. Too ignorant to know that he can never prevail over such a thing, he fights it and wins, and in so doing, sets the terrors of the night against him.

As a reward for his success, Else is sent as a spy to the heart of the Patriarchy to direct their attention away from further ventures into the Holy Lands. Dogged by hidden enemies and faithless allies, Else witnesses senseless butchery and surprising acts of faith as he penetrates to the very heart of the Patriarchy and rides alongside their armies in a new crusade against his own people. But the Night rides with him, too, sending two of its once-human agents from the far north to assassinate him.

Submerged in his role, he begins to doubt his faith, his country, even his family. As his mission careens out of control, he faces unanswerable questions about his future. It is said that God will know his own, but can one who has slain gods ever know forgiveness?

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Grab the women and children and run for the hills! Glen Cook, author of the rip-roaring Black Company saga (Water Sleeps, Soldiers Live, et al.) is back with an exciting new fantasy series set in a brutal realm steeped in religious turmoil -- and meddling gods.Living in a world inhabited by ancient entities known as the Instrumentalities of the Night, a group of emperors, kings, and warlords obsessed with world domination conspire on behalf of their gods. After a young Praman captain, Else Tage, battles and kills a supposedly immortal creature of the Night, he is sent on a perilous mission into the heart of the Patriarchy to spy on Patriarch Sublime V, arguably the most powerful and dangerous man in the world. Else's charge is to somehow stop the Patriarch from organizing crusades into the Holy Lands to claim the Wells of Ihrain, the source of the world's greatest magic. Meanwhile, two soultaken warriors, in limbo inside the Realm of the Gods for centuries, are loosed onto the world with one goal: kill Else, the Godslayer. Über-fans of Cook's Black Company novels -- as well as aficionados of epic fantasy sagas like Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, Jennifer Fallon's Hythrun Chronicles, and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time -- are going to devour the Instrumentalities of the Night. Set in a richly historied world (vaguely reminiscent of 12th-century Europe) that is as vast as it is exotic, and populated by a plethora of wildly entertaining characters equal to the misfit mercenaries of the Black Company in both deviousness and unruliness, The Tyranny of the Night is Cook in top form. Paul Goat Allen
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In a world surrounded by walls of ice, where demons and other creatures of night hold sway over regions unsettled by humans, the Wells of Ihrian stand as the source of all magic and a place sacred to two opposing religions wavering between uneasy truce and outright war. When a warrior of the Pramans, who serve "the Written," defeats a demon of the Dark and, impossibly, survives, he is sent as a spy to the lands of the Patriarchy of the West. There, he faces a crisis of faith and begins to question the very principles that have governed his life. The author of the "Black Company" series (The Black Company; Bleak Seasons; Soldiers Live) brings a stark realism to his tales of imaginary lands. This series opener, with its emphasis on religion and politics, is both timely and timeless and belongs in most fantasy collections. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780765325891
  • Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
  • Publication date: 4/13/2010
  • Edition description: First Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 432
  • Sales rank: 393,212
  • Series: Instrumentalities of the Night Series , #1
  • Product dimensions: 6.38 (w) x 9.24 (h) x 1.24 (d)

Meet the Author

The author of many novels of fantasy and science fiction, including the bestselling Chronicles of the Black Company series, Glen Cook lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

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  • Anonymous

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    Realistic and compelling

    In the tradition of his 'Black Company' novels, Cook writes outstanding fantasy from the all-too-human participants' point of view. This is not heroic fantasy, where nearly immortal warriors and wizards perform grand miracles. This is as close to real life as fantasy gets. Where nobody is as good, or bad, as everyone thinks. Where good and evil are sometimes a matter of perspective. And where, as in our world, events and history are more a matter of where one was at the time, then any great single act. With rich, consistent histories, Cook creates his world as it is, then lets his characters walk in it. It almost seems that Cook is relating events that actually happened, rather than writing fantasy. His portrayal of characters with very human qualities allow you to root for them, warts and all.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 25, 2006

    A Master Craftsman

    Glen Cook is truly a master of this genre. In only a few pages he creates detailed worlds that would take lesser authors a thousand pages. This is a great fantasy read!

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  • Posted December 9, 2008

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    Great fantasy

    For the past century, the Patriarchs of the West have sent crusaders to claim the Wells of Ihrain and the surrounding holy land as there right under God. The Wells, the source of all magic, are controlled by the Pramans. An uneasy truce exists but everyone expects that to be broken soon once Patriarch Sublime V decides it is time to try again......................... Naive Praman Captain Else Tage battles a brogan Tyranny of the Night; shockingly not knowing he cannot triumph, he kills an immortal God. The impossible has happened; a human has killed an invincible supernatural creature. Else¿s reward is a new mission. He is sent to the West to prevent Patriarch Sublime V from organizing the next crusade. However, in the Realm of the Gods, the immortals are shaken by Else¿s blasphemy. He must die as an example that humans must remain in their accepted places. Two soulless warriors, prisoners of the Gods for centuries, are given a chance for atonement. They must kill the traveling Godslayer. .................. The opening entry in The Instrumentalities of the Night Saga is a fantastic fantasy that combines plenty of action with introducing the readers to this realm reminiscent of the medieval crusades world. The fast-paced story line begins the epic journey of Else, but does it with a backdrop of warring religions and realms with supernatural creatures so that though a new world is created for the audience to journey within, the tale never slows down to do so nor neglects the key characters especially the heroic bewildered raw Godslayer. The author cooks up a fantastic epic fantasy with a clear antiwar message that will have his audience hungering for more............. Harriet Klausner

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