Не могу говорить - убийственная тайна =))
Тем не менее инфа подтвердилась и новую трилогию(точнее 1-й том оной) мы имеем. Знакомьтесь:
"The Tyranny of the Night"(Book One of the "Instrumentalities of the Night").
Кое что на англицком:
"Cook's talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge."
--Library Journal on Water Sleeps
"Cook provides a rich world of assorted races, cultures, and religions; his characters combine the mythic or exotic with the realistic, engaging in absorbing alliances, enmities, and double-crosses."
--Publishers Weekly on Bleak Seasons
"Sheer page-turning fun!"
--Robin McKinley on Bleak SeasonsBook Description: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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Книга, так же как и Гаррет, мирно покоится на
Амазоне.
Увидеть свет этот труд должен 1 июня
. Так вот что я хочу сказать - Глен Кук по-моему гениальный автор. Его рассказы действительно читаются на одном дыхании и захватывают полностью. Так бывает начнёшь читать книгу - и не успеваешь опомниться как уже 2 часа ночи %). Так вот с Куком всё ещё хуже - после 2-х часов ночи ты не можешь заставить себя перестать читать ^_^. В Черном Отряде есть всё что я ценю в книгах - отличный сюжет в неординарном мире, оригинальные персонажи, юмор, отлично поставленные сражения. Тяжело описать всё, что затягивает в миры Кука, можно только почувствовать на своей шкуре. ^_^