Omnibus collecting the first three novels following the Black Company, a storied mercenary band, as they become embroiled in a fight of good versus evil. In a bit of a twist on convention, they're not working for the good guys. Moral ambiguity, relativity, is examined throughout these novels. The attention to the gray area helps make it an intriguing read. The characters, even if not thoroughly fleshed, are captivating, memorable. The prose is smooth enough and the writing solid. The war-journal sort of presentation works well. 
 The first entry, The Black Company, contains perhaps the tightest narrative of the three. Presented as the company's chronicle written by the group's medic and annalist Croaker, the group leaves one commission and takes on another far to the north. Working for dark sorcerers to crush a rebel uprising running ahead of the predicted return of their savior figure, the Company is the best at what they do but face dire straits nonetheless. The Lady, ruler of the land, is an evil, but the rebels are decidedly less than pure and certainly not gentle. 
 Shadows Lingers serves as a solid middle entry. The narration alternates between Croaker's annals and third-person entries following characters of interest to the Company's developing story. As their position with the Lady and her minions becomes tenuous, they must make a decision about their future even as an even greater evil rears its head. 
 The White Rose finds the narration split between Croaker's annals and other (mysterious!) third-person entries. This novels suffers a bit from the sudden pulling of threads that weren't quite woven earlier and a bit of probably needless obfuscation that rather slows the front end down. Culminates in a satisfying entry, though, in which most the major notes are hit and issues resolved.