From: tnusenet17@gmail.com   
      
   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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