Shadows Linger (Book 2 of The Black Company by Glen Cook) - Appendix N and Beyond

Title: Shadows Linger
Author: Glen Cook
Appendix N Status: Should have been . . .

     The second chronicle of the Black Company continues the story told by the Annalist known as Croaker, but also tells the story of a growing evil in the northern city of Juniper. Once again, though the Chronicles of the Black Company were published too late to be in the original Appendix N, I feel that they would have been worthy. There are some truly wonderful and creepy fantasy elements here, like a seed that grows into a black castle, a black castle that seems to grow by feeding on corpses, and when it gets big enough, it is going to form a gateway to unleash an ancient evil . . . great stuff for a fantasy RPG campaign!