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The recent _Lies Weeping_ title reminded me that I had an unread Black Company series book in my unread stack. This book has two threads, one
has the Black Company doing what amounts to counter-insurgency work (not
that it is call that) in the Lady's empire sometime between the events
of _The Black Company_ and _Shadows Linger_ (BTW, somebody did a lot of
memory erasing at the end to the story which is why none of this is
mentioned in the later books). The second thread starts centuries
earlier at the time of Domination.

The problem is that the events in both threads appear to contradict
events of the original trilogy (especially _The White Rose_). I will
admit that the right type of sorcery could explain everything. The title refers to a possible way for the Dominator to return, though the details
that the Lady provided are inconsistent with the second thread (she, of course, could had been lying).
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"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. i-----------------------------------------------------
Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com
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On 12/25/25 1:17 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:

The recent _Lies Weeping_ title reminded me that I had an unread Black Company series book in my unread stack. This book has two threads, one
has the Black Company doing what amounts to counter-insurgency work (not
that it is call that) in the Lady's empire sometime between the events
of _The Black Company_ and _Shadows Linger_ (BTW, somebody did a lot of memory erasing at the end to the story which is why none of this is
mentioned in the later books). The second thread starts centuries
earlier at the time of Domination.

The problem is that the events in both threads appear to contradict
events of the original trilogy (especially _The White Rose_). I will
admit that the right type of sorcery could explain everything. The title refers to a possible way for the Dominator to return, though the details
that the Lady provided are inconsistent with the second thread (she, of course, could had been lying).

I remember being disappointed with this one, but I don't remember why,
except that I had the same question you posed regarding The White Rose.

I do have Lies Weeping here, but does one re-read a disappointment in
order to prepare? Or skim? Or surf for a summary? Or skip? ...

Tony
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