The Books of Glittering Stone comprise the third of three story arcs of the Black Company series. It is a tetralogy, consisting of the final four novels:
This story arc describes the Black Company's participation in the Shadowmaster wars from the Siege of Dejagore onward, and next, their subsequent journeys across the glittering plain and three of the worlds interconnected by it: the homeworld, Hsien, and the Voroshk world.
2-volume omnibuses
Most omnibuses encompassing the Books of Glittering Stone are divided into two volumes. They are grouped below by languages; the languages with the earliest publications are listed first.
English omnibuses
The first pair of omnibuses of the Books of Glittering Stone in any language was the Science Fiction Book Club's English-language hardcovers. Released in 2000, they were available only to SFBC members. They received very limited distribution and are no longer in print:
- Title: The Black Company: Glittering Stone, Vol 1
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: English
- Translator: (none)
- Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
- Pub date: 2000
- Cover art by: Donato Giancola
- ISBN: 9780739412992 (hardcover)
- Title: The Black Company: Glittering Stone, Vol 2
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: English
- Translator: (none)
- Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
- Pub date: 2000
- Cover art by: Donato Giancola
- ISBN: 9780739413005 (hardcover)
The next pair of English-language omnibuses are still in print (released in 2009 and 2010 respectively) from Tor Books and are widely available in e-book format:
- Title: The Return of the Black Company
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: English
- Translator: (none)
- Publisher: Tor Books
- Pub date: 15 September 2009
- Cover art by: Raymond Swanland
- ISBN: 9780765324009 (paperback); 9781429985475 (e-book)
- Title: The Many Deaths of the Black Company
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: English
- Translator: (none)
- Publisher: Tor Books
- Pub date: 5 January 2010
- Cover art by: Raymond Swanland
- ISBN: 9780765324016 (paperback); 9781466831131 (e-book)
French omnibuses
The French L'Atalante trade paperbacks, published in 2007 and 2008 respectively:
- Title: Les Livres de la Pierre Scintillante 1
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert, Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 23 May 2007
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841723669 (paperback)
- Title: Les Livres de la Pierre Scintillante II
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Frank Reichert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 28 March 2008
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841724253 (paperback)
The French J'ai Lu trade paperbacks (published in 2016) are still in print and both are available in e-book format:
- Title: Les Annales de la Compagnie Noire: L'Intégrale 3
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert, Frank Reichert
- Publisher: J'ai lu
- Pub date: February 2016
- Cover art by: Johann Blais
- ISBN: 9782290102404 (paperback); 9782290102411 (e-book); 9782290102428 (PDF)
- Title: Les Annales de la Compagnie Noire: L'Intégrale 4
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Frank Reichert
- Publisher: J'ai lu
- Pub date: September 2016
- Cover art by: Johann Blais
- ISBN: 9782290102435 (paperback); 9782290102442 (e-book); 9782290102459 (PDF)
Polish omnibuses
The Polish paperbacks and e-books, published by Rebis:
- Title: Powrót Czarnej Kompanii (The Return of the Black Company)
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: Polish
- Translator: Jan Karłowski (Ponure lata & A imię jej Ciemność)
- Publisher: Rebis
- Pub date: 2010 (paperback); 2019 (e-book)
- Cover art by: Raymond Swanland
- ISBN: 9788375105605 (paperback); 9788380626638 (e-book)
- Title: Zagłada Czarnej Kompanii (The Many Deaths of the Black Company)
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: Polish
- Translator: Jan Karłowski (Woda śpi & Żołnierze żyją)
- Publisher: Rebis
- Pub date: 3 August 2011 (paperback); 2019 (e-book)
- Cover art by: Raymond Swanland
- ISBN: 9788375105612 (paperback); 9788380626577 (e-book)
Russian omnibuses
The Russian omnibuses published by Азбука are available as both hardcovers and e-books:
- Title: Возвращение Черного Отряда
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Глен Кук (Glen Cook)
- Language: Russian
- Translator: Виталия Волковского (Vitaly Volkovsky), Дмитрия Старкова (Dmitry Starkov)
- Publisher: Азбука-Аттикус (ABC-Atticus)
- Pub date: 7 June 2019
- Cover art by: Raymond Swanland
- ISBN: 9785389114807 (hardcover); 9785389168558 (e-book)
- Title: Хроники Черного Отряда. Книги Мертвых
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Глен Кук (Glen Cook)
- Language: Russian
- Translator: Беллы Жужунавы (Bella Zhuzhunava), Андрея Новикова (Andrey Novikov)
- Publisher: Азбука-Аттикус (ABC-Atticus)
- Pub date: 5 February 2020
- Cover art by: Raymond Swanland
- ISBN: 9785389114814 (hardcover); 9785389178779 (e-book)
1-volume omnibus
Spanish omnibus
The Spanish-language e-book bundle containing all 4 volumes of the Books of Glittering Stone (Estación en Penurias, Ella es la oscuridad, El agua durmiente, y El retorno de los soldados):
- Title: Saga la piedra reluciente
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: Spanish
- Translator: Antonio Calvario Márquez; José Quiroga Fernández; Raquel Faes Díaz; David Cruz Acevedo
- Publisher: La Factoría de ideas
- Pub date: 15 March 2015
- Cover art by: Jan Patrik Krasny; Nicholas Jainschigg
- ISBN: 9788490187753 (e-book)