The White Rose
- 320
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The White Rose” rounds off the opening trio of “The Black Company” novels strongly, with more of its world explained and its characters filled in. Some readers single out the story of the wizard Bomanz and twists that stay well hidden until they land. Some find the start slow or say it never gripped them as the second book did; others say the final third is where the book turns outstanding.
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About the book
The White Rose is the third novel in Glen Cook's ongoing series, The Black Company. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred-year history.
Reading order · The Black Company
Full order & progress →- The Black CompanyStart here
–Not ranked yet - Shadows Linger
8.18.1 / 10 - Cranky BitchCranky Bitch–Not ranked yet
- Leta of the Thousand SorrowsLeta of the Thousand Sorrows–Not ranked yet
- Wet Dream Fish StoryWet Dream Fish Story–Not ranked yet
- Those Who Went BeforeThose Who Went Before–Not ranked yet
- Shaggy Dog BridgeShaggy Dog Bridge–Not ranked yet
- Bone EatersBone Eaters–Not ranked yet
- Chasing MidnightChasing Midnight–Not ranked yet
- The White RoseThis book
8.18.1 / 10 - The Silver Spike
7.87.8 / 10 - Shadow Games
7.97.9 / 10 - Dreams of Steel
8.08.0 / 10 - Bleak Seasons
7.87.8 / 10 - She Is the Darkness
7.97.9 / 10 - Water Sleeps
8.08.0 / 10 - Soldiers Live
8.08.0 / 10 - Port of Shadows
–Not ranked yet - Lies Weeping
–Not ranked yet - They CryThey Cry–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 179 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 55% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 19 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 160 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is The White Rose?
It has 320 pages — shorter than 92% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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