"Dreams of Steel" is Book 5 in Glen Cook's fantasy masterpiece, The Chronicles of the Black Company.
Croaker has fallen and, following the Company's disastrous defeat at Dejagore, Lady is one of the few survivors determined to avenge the Company and herself against the Shadowmasters, no matter what the cost.
But in assembling a new fighting force from the dregs and rabble of Taglios, she finds herself offered help by a mysterious, ancient cult of murder competent, reliable, and apparently committed to her goals.
Meanwhile, far away, Shadowmasters conspire against one another and the world, weaving dark spells that reach into the heart of Taglios. And in a hidden grove, a familiar figure slowly awakens to find himself the captive of an animated, headless corpse.
Mercilessly cutting through Taglian intrigues, Lady appears to be growing stronger every day. All that disturbs her are the dreams which afflict her by night dreams of carnage, of destruction, of universal death, unceasing..."
- ISBN10 0812502108
- ISBN13 9780812502107
- Publish Date 1 May 2005 (first published 15 April 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tor Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 346
- Language English