She is the Darkness

This story is a continuation of the Black Company series. This book follows the story of Murgen, the standardbearer of the company. The Black Company is fighting multiple enemies, even if they dont realize it. They are trying to conquer Longshadow, the last of the notorious shadow masters but they also have a goddess trying to bring on the end of the world. Kina, goddess of dealth and deception in the southern territories, comes to Murgen in his dreams, trying to tempt him. She also comes to Lady, who was used as a vessel to carry her new massiah. I find it really interesting that Kina only comes to these two characters, who are so completely different they almost never speak, except when it's about their dreams. I really enjoy how Cook, the author of the series, always has many subplots going on in the story and even connects the books in the series together, which I believe too few authors of series do. An instance of this is how he brought back many of the Ten Who Were Taken, which was the group of wizards that Lady controlled in her Northern Empire. Many authors would have just left them dead as they were believed to be but Cook brought them back which was a very interesting twist and leaves you wondering if more are still alive and about to join the story as a major player in the war.