The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1)

Interesting. A quick jump into a world with a seemingly rich, although largely unseen, backstory. No mollycoddling here - you pick things up as you go, or you don't pick them up at all. The story was moderately interesting, but it's the flavour of the world and the Company that really sells the book. The copy I read had a blurb by [a:Steven Erikson|31232|Steven Erikson|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1219169436p2/31232.jpg], which is telling, since the influence of this book on Gardens of the Moon is clear.
I usually like my "good and evil" a little more distinguishable than I found it in here, but I had a good enough time that I'll keep going.