- For the paperback, see: The Books of the South
The three novels of the Books of the South form the second story arc of the Black Company series. The novels are The Silver Spike, Shadow Games, and Dreams of Steel.
The Silver Spike and Shadow Games take place concurrently, and Glen Cook has stated in interviews that both novels came about when a larger one "underwent mitosis". The Silver Spike – which is not narrated by a Black Company Annalist – describes the lives of characters like Darling, Raven, and Case, who remained behind in the northern continent after the Battle of the Barrowland and the departure of the Company. Shadow Games and Dreams of Steel describe the adventures of the Black Company proper as they journey south through the southern continent in search of fabled Khatovar.
The following omnibuses encompass the Books of the South. They are grouped by languages; the languages with the earliest publications are listed first.
English omnibuses[]
The first omnibus of the Books of the South in any language was the Science Fiction Book Club's English-language hardcover. Released in 2002, it was available only to SFBC members. It received very limited distribution and is no longer in print:
- Title: The Black Company Goes South
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: English
- Translator: (none)
- Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
- Pub date: 2002
- Cover art by: Koveck
- ISBN: 9780739428436 (hardcover)
The next English-language omnibus is still in print from Tom Doherty Associates (Tor Books imprint) and is widely available in e-book format:
- Title: The Books of the South
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: English
- Translator: (none)
- Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates (Tor Books imprint)
- Pub date: 10 June 2008 (paperback); October 2012 (e-book)
- Cover art by: Raymond Swanland
- ISBN: 9780765320667 (paperback); 9781466831117 (e-book)
French omnibuses[]
- Title: Les Livres du Sud
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert
- Publisher: L'Atalante
- Pub date: 24 May 2006
- Cover art by: Didier Graffet
- ISBN: 9782841723355 (paperback)
- Title: Les Annales de la Compagnie Noire: L'Intégrale 2
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: French
- Translator: Alain Robert
- Publisher: J'ai lu
- Pub date: 2 September 2015
- Cover art by: Johann Blais
- ISBN: 9782290102374 (paperback); 9782290102381 (e-book); 9782290102398 (PDF)
Polish omnibus[]
- Title: Księgi Południa
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Glen Cook
- Language: Polish
- Translator: Grażyna Sudoł (Grażyna Sudoł); Jan Karłowski (Gry cienia & Sny o stali)
- Publisher: Rebis
- Pub date: April 2010 (paperback); 2019 (e-book)
- Cover art by: Raymond Swanland
- ISBN: 9788375104691, 9788380626454 (paperbacks); 9788380626683 (e-book)
Russian omnibus[]
- Title: Книги юга. Хроники Черного Отряда
- Page shown: Front cover
- Author: Глен Кук (Glen Cook)
- Language: Russian
- Translator: Геннадия Корчагина (Gennady Korchagin), Дмитрия Прияткина (Dmitry Priyatkin), Дмитрия Старкова (Dmitry Starkov)
- Publisher: Азбука-Аттикус (ABC-Atticus)
- Pub date: 24 December 2018
- Cover art by: Raymond Swanland
- ISBN: 9785389114784 (hardcover); 9785389160989 (e-book)