<DIV><DIV><P>“Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive. . . .</P><P>“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....”</P><P>This omnibus volume comprises the novels <I>Bleak Seasons</I> and <I>She is the Darkness</I>.</P></DIV></DIV>