October's Baby
Book Two of a Cruel Wind
Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · July 26, 2013
Before there was Black Company, there was the Dread Empire, an omnibus collection the first three Dread Empire novels: A Shadow of All Night's Falling, October's Baby and All Darkness Met.
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- Who it’s for
- Step into the second Dread Empire novel, from the series that came before Black Company.
- Genres
- Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Military Fantasy
- Published
- Night Shade Books, July 26, 2013
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genres: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy and Military Fantasy.
All Darkness MetGlen Cook, Stephen Hoye90% match
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Reap the East WindGlen Cook63% match
An Ill Fate MarshallingGlen Cook64% match
A Path to Coldness of HeartGlen Cook65% match
An Empire Unacquainted With DefeatGlen Cook64% match
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For younger readers: House of Rage and Sorrow, The Wicked King, Brandon Sanderson's White Sand Omnibus
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Start with this bookAbout this book
Before there was Black Company, there was the Dread Empire, an omnibus collection the first three Dread Empire novels: A Shadow of All Night's Falling, October's Baby and All Darkness Met. For the first time in eBook format, the A Cruel Wind collection is available as individual books.
Before Black Company
Step into the second Dread Empire novel, from the series that came before Black Company.
Come here for
- Dark, military-tinged fantasy in Glen Cook’s Dread Empire sequence
Expect
- A standalone volume within the first three Dread Empire novels
- A glimpse of Cook’s earlier fantasy work
Where it sits
| Epic Fantasy | 62% |
|---|---|
| Dark Fantasy | 54% |
| Military Fantasy | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Family Sagas
- Fantasy
- Fantasy Anthologies
- Authors
- Glen Cook
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Published
- July 26, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Family Sagas