Hm. That's interesting. I gave up on the Black Company books after the first one. I don't even remember, now, what the story was about, but I think I didn't like any of the characters that much, or something like that. I remember thinking the philosophy of the book didn't agree with me, if that makes sense. Again, stories about soldiers and war, in general, don't do much for me, unless there's an awful lot else going on. (C.J. Cherryh's "Company Wars" books come to mind as exceptions, particularly
Rimrunners, which I wouldn't have thought I would like, if someone were to give me the bare description, but which I did like quite a bit, because of the psychological stuff happening during the story.)
Unfortunately, not being interested in "military" SF or Fantasy cuts out a lot of the Baen line.
