![]() Instead, it is the violence of Homer or the Eddas, where the deaths, the struggles, the burnings, beheadings, and overwhelming brutality are lenses through which the author explores the issues of morality, virtue, and duty in human nature. But this violence is no mere splatterporn. The world, granted, is extraordinarily violent, with much of the northern continent is embroiled in a violent uprising pitting the forces of "good" (epitomized by the League of the White Rose) against the forces of "evil." But the reader soon learns that most who support the League of the White Rose are no less prone to violence, murder, and sacrifice in the name of their broader cause. But there is no hint of grimdark for shock value it is grimdark done right in every respect. ![]() ![]() The Black Company is gritty fantasy at its grittiest. ![]()
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