The Silver Spike is a spin-off

Spin-off (media)

In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...

 from Glen Cook

Glen Cook

Glen Cook is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his fantasy series, The Black Company. Cook currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.-Biography:...

's ongoing series, The Black Company

The Black Company

The Black Company is a series of fantasy novels by author Glen Cook. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history.- The Books of the North:#The...

. The story combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy

Dark fantasy

Dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a pronounced horror element.-Overview:A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L...

 as it follows two former members of The Black Company and the formerly renown "White Rose" down their own path after parting ways with the company following the events at the conclusion of The White Rose

The White Rose (novel)

The White Rose is the third novel in Glen Cook's ongoing series, The Black Company. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history.-Plot...

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Plot summary

The Dominator was a wizard of immense power who could not be killed by his enemies. He was however defeated and his evil essence imprisoned in a silver spike. The power inherent in the spike is so greatly feared and desired that some try to steal it while others try to keep it from falling into anyone's hands.

Spike Hunters

• Tully Stahl
• Smeds Stahl – Tully's cousin
• Old Man Fish (Forto Reibus)
• Timmy Locan

The Rebellion

• Darling (Tonie Fisk) – The White Rose
• Silent – Wizard formerly of The Black Company
• Bomanz the Wakener (Seth Chalk)
• Brother Bear Torque
• Donkey Dick “Stubby” Torque
• Paddlefoot Torque

The Empire

• Brigadier Wildbrand
• Gossamer – Wizard and Spidersilk's twin
• Spidersilk
• Exile – Imperial wizard from Charm

Others

• Philodendron Case
• Raven – formerly of The Black Company
• Toadkiller Dog
• The Limper – one of The Ten Who Were Taken