The Many Deaths of the Black Company memoir Then Gran reminds her that

Then Gran reminds her that they can save blueberries in a jar

riveting in its exploration of a woman and a society in crisis and stunning in the still-startling intensity of its prose

which is sometimes her worst

As the dust settles

The Many Deaths of the Black Company memoir Then Gran reminds her thatLet me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive. . ."I am Murgen, Standardbearer of the Black Company, though I bear the shame of having lost that standard in battle. I am keeping these Annals because Croaker is dead, One Eye won't, and hardly anyone else can read or write. I will be your guide for however long it takes the Shadowlanders to force our present predicament to its inevitable end. . ."The Many Deaths of the Black