David Gemmell was a leading British author of heroic fantasy, whose works are characterized by raw action and profound moral dilemmas. With a background in journalism, he brought a gritty realism to his stories that contrasted with timeless themes of honor, loyalty, and redemption. His literary style, full of tension and often harsh scenes, explores the complexity of human nature under extreme conditions. Although his characters often grapple with violence, their journeys lead to a relentless pursuit of redemption and fulfillment.
The Legend ... Druss, Captain of the Axe: the stories of his life were told everywhere. Instead of the wealth and fame he could have claimed, he had chosen a mountain lair, high in the lonely country bordering on the clouds. There the grizzled old warrior kept company with snow leopards and awaited his old enemy, death. The Fortress ... Mighty Dros Delnoch, protected by six outer walls, the only route by which an army could pass through the mountains. It was the stronghold of the Drenai empire. And now it was the last battleground, for all else had fallen before the Nadir hordes. And hope rested on the skills of that one old man.
Il regno dei Drenai, dopo secoli di eroica resistenza, vive è oppresso dal potente e crudele Khan, Jungir, salito al trono dopo il leggendario Tenaka, da lui stesso avvelenato. Tuttavia, grazie a un piccolo gruppo di uomini coraggiosi - gli stessi che anni prima avevano bloccato l’avanzata dell’armata dei Nadir al passo di BeI-Azar - il piccolo regno di Gothir si oppone al malvagio Jungir. Ora gli eroi di quella battaglia si sono nuovamente uniti, per guidare Kiall, un giovane contadino, in un’impresa ai limiti dell’immaginabile: inoltrarsi nelle steppe Nadir e salvare una ragazza che è stata rapita dai mercanti di schiavi. Sorprendenti colpi di scena li attendono sul cammino e il loro sarà un viaggio decisivo per il futuro dei Drenai e di tutti i popoli del continente: Chareos, uno degli eroi di BeI-Azar, è l’ultimo erede del Conte di Bronzo!
Darkness falls on the Great Green, and the Ancient World is fiercely divided. On the killing fields outside the golden city of Troy, forces loyal to the Mykene King mass. Among them is Odysseus, fabled storyteller and reluctant ally to the Mykene, who knows that he must soon face his former friends in deadly combat. Within the city, the Trojan king waits. Ailing and bitter, his hope is pinned on two heroes: his favourite son Hektor, and the dread Helikaon who will wreak terrible vengeance for the death of his wife at Mykene hands. War has been declared -- a war filled with bloodlust, and peopled by heroes who will live forever in a story that will echo down the centuries. From the Paperback edition
In den blutgetränkten Landen der Drenai beschützt die lebende Legende Druss das Land. Gemeinsam mit dem Helden Skilgannon, der mythische Schwerter führt, kämpfen sie gegen monströse Wesen. Ihre Allianz entwickelt sich zu einer tiefen Freundschaft, die ihr Schicksal und das der Drenai für immer verändern wird.
The second novel in David Gemmell’s bestselling Troy trilogy. Interlacing myth and history, and high adventure, this is epic storytelling at its very best.War is looming, and all the kings of the Great Green are gathering, each with their own dark plans of conquest and plunder.Into this maelstrom of treachery come three Piria, a runaway priestess nursing a terrible secret; Kalliades, a warrior with high ideals and a legendary sword; and his close friend Banokles, who will carve his own legend in the battles to come.Together they journey to the fabled city of Troy, where a darkness is falling that will eclipse the triumphs and personal tragedies of ordinary mortals for centuries to come.From the Paperback edition.
Even in death, Skilgannon the Damned's name lives on. Now, as an ancient evil threatens to flood the Drenai heartlands in a tide of blood, he returns...A thousand years after they fell in battle, two heroes - Druss and Skilgannon - are revered throughout the war-torn lands of the Dernai, where men and women live in abject fear of the dark sorceress known as the Eternal...But what if the soul of one such hero could be called back from the void, his bones housed again in flesh? An ancient prophecy foretold that Skilgannon would return in his people's darkest hour. To most, this was a foolish hope. But not so to Landis Kan. Having found Skilgannon's ancient tomb, he gathers up the bones and peforms the mystic ritual.But the reborn hero is an enigma: a young man whose warrior skills are blunted and whose memories are fragmented. This Skilgannon is a man out of time, Marooned in a world as strange to him as a dream, remote from all he knew and loved. Or nearly all. Before bringing back Skilgannon, Landis Kan had experimented upon other bone fragments found in the hero's tomb. That ritual resulted in a surly giant who possessed astounding strength but no memories. To Kan, he is a dangerous failure. To Skilgannon, this giant represents their last hope.As ageless evil threatens to drown the Drenai lands in blood, two legendary heroes will once again lead the way to freedom.
Three lives will change the destiny of nations.Helikaon, the young prince of Dardania, haunted by a scarred and traumatic childhood. The priestess Andromache, whose fiery spirit and fierce independence threatens the might of kings.
The start of a gripping new series in the tradition of The Drenai TalesSkilgannon the Damned had vanished from the pages of history. Following the terrible triumph at Perapolis, the General had taken the legendary Swords of Night and Day and ridden from the lands of Naashan. No-one knew where he had gone, and the assassins sent by the Witch Queen could find no trace of his passing.Three years later, as a mob intent on murder gathers outside a distant monastery, they are faced by a single unarmed priest. In a few terrifying seconds their world is changed for ever, and word spreads across the lands of the East.Skilgannon is back.Now he must travel across a perilous, demon-haunted realm seeking a mysterious temple, and the ageless goddess who rules it. With assassins on his trail, and an army of murderous foes ahead, the Damned sets off on a quest to bring the dead to life. But he does not travel alone.The man beside him is Druss the Legend.In a world torn by war, White Wolf is a page-turning tale of love, betrayal and treachery, which examines the nature of heroism and friendship and the narrow lines that divide good from evil, redemption from damnation.
The Raven travel to a new continent in search of mages to help the ruined college of Julatsa rebuild and find themselves in the midst of ancient curse - a curse that has unleashed a plague that threatens to wipe out the elven race.
One glorious spark, one moment of Rigante rebellion has ignited a revolution and forged a legend. In the mountains of the north, the outlaw leader known as Ravenheart waits, knowing the forces of the blackhearted Moidart will come, led by the brutal ruler’s only son, Stormrider. Unaware that the fate of the world lies in their hands, sworn enemies Ravenheart and Stormrider will be forced to unite—and face the vengeance of an ancient evil.For immense armies of darkness are advancing on the highlanders, and it seems as if nothing will stop them. They crush their victims with ease, until only a few thousand men stand before them, with no help in sight. But these are not ordinary men they face. They are clansmen, and more than that, they are Rigante. . . .
Eight hundred years have passed since King Connavar of the Riganteand his bastard son,Bane,defeated the invading army of Stone. In that time, Connavar has become a legend, and the Rigante have lost the freedom so many gave their lives to preserve. A conq
V troskách města Kuan Hador to páchne temnou záhadou. Troskám se vyhýbají loupežníci i kupci. Jsou domovem děsivých tvorů a pověstí, z nichž tuhne krev v žilách - příběhů z časů již dávno minulých, kdy byla Kuan Hador hlavním městem rozsáhlé říše, jíž vládli nelítostní čarodějové. Tihle mágové dokázali spojovat zvířata a lidi do nečistých zkříženců - pěších vojáků hrůzného vojska démonů.
Když však síly lidí zvítězily, čarodějníci a jejich pololidští otroci unikli kouzelnými vrátky... jen aby uvízli v jiném světě. Brána se za nimi zavřela, uzamklo ji kouzlo natolik silné, že ho nelze zlomit. Alespoň tak praví báje.
Ale v srdci každé pověsti je zrnko pravdy, a pravda může zabíjet. Zvlášť když přichází v podobě slintajících bestií s neukojitelným hladem po smrti a ničení. Uběhly tisíce let a věznící kouzlo začíná slábnout. Čarodějové a jejich hnusní pohůnci budou brzy volní, aby se mohli strašlivě pomstít všemu živému.
Tentokrát na ně ale nečeká žádné vojsko - jen rozedraná skupina podivných hrdinů: Kisumu, rádžníjský šermíř; Jiu Jiu Lieng, pokorný kopáč příkopů a jam, snící o slávě; Taliana, válečnice stejně ohnivá, jako krásná. V jejich čele je Šerý vlk, záhadná postava, již lidé nenávidí a závidí jí ohromné bohatství. Muž s krvavou minulostí, jenž zabíjel nejen pro zásady, ale i pro peníze. Osudový muž, jehož po celé Drenaji znají jako Tuláka Zabíječe.
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Bane the Bastard is the illegitimate son of the Rigante king who men called Demonblade. Born of treachery, Bane grew up an outcast in his own land, feared by his fellow highlanders, and denied by the father whose unmistakable mark he bore–the eyes of Connavar, one tawny brown, the other emerald green.Hounded from the country of his birth, Bane found acceptance across the seas–only to have it stripped away in an instant by a cruel and deadly swordsman. Now fighting as a gladiator in the blood-soaked arenas of the Empire, Bane lives for one revenge. And he pursues his goal with the same single-minded determination that won his father a crown.But more is at stake than a young warrior’s quest for vengeance. The armies of the Stone are preparing to march on the lands of the Rigante. The fate of human and Seidh alike will be decided by the clash of swords–and by the bonds of twisted love and bitterness between a father and a son . . .
Thousands of years ago the city of Kuan Hador was defeated by a vast army of mystic warriors, the enemy banished beyond the gateway between worlds. In this third Waylander novel, the vengeful armies of Kuan Hador are waiting beyond the Gateway.
Enter the extraordinary, action-filled world that became Legend-- as the exciting Drenai adventure continues to unfold . . . A mighty warrior and a feared assassin among the Drenai, Waylander the Slayer is now a man hunted by his own people--with a fortune in gold offered as grim reward for his murder. But this is only one of many evils closing in on Waylander and his daughter, Miriel, the beautiful and deadly Battle Queen of Kar-Barzac. For, once separated, father and daughter face certain death as the sorcerers and demons, soldiers and shamans of three empires summon their blackest, most destructive powers in an effort to annihilate these two most gifted Drenai warriors.
Z pekla bolesti vstoupil do světa smrti.
Vysoko v zalesněných vysokých horách Skelnu žijí spokojeně a nerušeně zálesák Dakeyras a jeho překrásná dcera Miriel. Netuší, že se do hor vypravila skupina ponurých krvelačných válečníků. Mužů, kteří nikdy nepoznali porážku, pro něž je msta a mučení chlebem a solí. Za deset tisíc ve zlatě dychtí po zálesákově smrti.
Všichni jsou bojem zocelení válečníci, kteří se svého úkolu nebojí – ač by měli. Protože Miriel je žena z ohně a železa, zběhlá v používání luku i meče, kterou cvičil jeden z nejnebezpečnějších zabijáků všech dob...
Její otec, Dakeyras, je lépe znám jako... Tulák Zabiják.
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Avatáři jsou nesmrtelní a žijí si jako králové – přestože jejich říše umírá. Nesmrtelnost jim zajišťují magické krystaly, avšak jejich moc již následkem velké potopy a nečekané doby ledové slábne. Když se ale na nebi objeví dva měsíce a zemí se začnou rojit nelítostná vojska Krystalové královny, přinášející zmar a děs, Avatáři se v zájmu záchrany svého světa spojí s vlastními poddanými.
Zatímco městům hrozí bezprostřední zničení, objevují se tři hrdinové. Talaban, válečník pronásledovaný tragickou minulostí; Hlavokam, tajuplný domorodec hledající ztracenou lásku; a Anu, Svatý, Svatitel času. A když se zdá, že už je vše ztraceno, vstupují do boje další dva: Sofarita, mladá venkovanka, jež dá vzniknout legendě, a Viruk, šílenec, z nějž se stane bůh…
Born In The Storm That Doomed His Father, Connavar Grows To Manhood Among The Mist-Covered Mountains Of Caer Druagh, Where The Rigante Tribe Dwell In Harmony With The Land And Its Gods.But Beyond The Border, Across The Water, An Evil Force Is Gathering Strength, An Unstoppable Force That Will Change The World Beyond All Recognition.Haunted By Malevolent Spirits And Hunted By Evil Men, Connavar Sets Out On A Spectacular Mission To Save His People. In This Latest Tale Of Love And Honour, Friendship And Courage, From The Master Of The Genre, Gemmell Explores The Intriguing Worlds Of Celtic Myth And Earth Magic.
The prophecy was clear. Upon the death of three kings the world will be plunged into chaos, and all the cast-out demons of history will return to bring blood and horror to the world. Two kings are dead. The third, about to be born, is hunted by the Demon Riders of the Krayakin, Lords of the Undead. All the terrifying forces of evil range against a pregnant queen at bay in a haunted forest. But she is not alone. Three warriors stand with her: the last remnants of the once proud Drenai army. Three old men, ancient heroes, discarded by the king: Nogusta the Swordsman, Kebra the Bowman, and the hulking fighter, Bison. The fate of empires rests on their fading skills as they journey through a tormented world on a perilous quest to save the unborn king. "Winter Warriors is the latest heroic fantasy from the bestselling author of "The Legend of Deathwalker and "Dark Moon, both available in Corgi paperback.
A Jon Shannow Novel - Previously Titled The Jerusalem Man
326 pages
12 hours of reading
"David Gemmell tells a very real adventure, the stuff of true epic fantasy." --R. A. Salvatore, New York Times Bestselling author John Shannow, The Jerusalem Man, lived in a world that had toppled on its axis. Civilization had been replaced by ruthlessness and savagery. Relentless in his quest for peace, Shannow followed a path that led only to bloodshed and sorrow. Abaddon, the Lord of the Pit, sought to plunge mankind into a new Satanic era. His Hellborn army spewed forth from the Plague Lands with an unholy force stemming from human sacrifice. For it was the blood of innocents that fueled the corrupted Sipstrassi Stones of Power--the source of Abaddon's might. But the Hellborn made a fatal mistake--they took the woman who had stolen Shannow's heart. He would move Heaven and Earth to save her or he would die trying.
Ein Jahrhundert nachdem sie sich heroisch verteidigt haben, sieht sich das Volk von Drenai einer neuen Gefahr gegenüber: Ein verrückter Kaiser will das Reich erobern - und bei ihm sind seltsame Krieger mit übernatürlichen Fähigkeiten und geheimnisvollen Priestern, die die Dunkelheit heraufbeschwören können. Ein Mann jedoch stellt sich dieser Armee der Finsternis entgegen: Tenaka Khan, genannt der Schattenprinz. Er verfügt über Mut und Tapferkeit und großes militärisches Geschick - und er hat nur eine Schwierigkeit: Die Drenai, für die er kämpft, hassen ihm, weil er zum Stamme der Nadir gehört.
Král Drenaje je mrtev - zavražděn bezohledným zabijákem. Do drenajských zemí vpadly nepřátelské oddíly. Jejich rozkazy jsou prosté - zabít každého muže, ženu či dítě.
Ale je tu ještě naděje.
Pronásledován muži, kteří se chovají jako zvířata, a zvířaty, která chodí jako lidé, se válečník Tulák musí vydat do země Nadirů plné strašidel, aby našel legendární Bronzovou zbroj. S ní musí zastavit příval.
Ale lze mu důvěřovat?
Protože je to Tulák, řečený Zabiják.
Zrádce, který zabil krále...
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The peaceful Eldarin were the last of three ancient races. The mystical Oltor, healers and poets, had fallen before the dread power of the cruel and sadistic Daroth. Yet in one awesome night the invincible Daroth had vanished from the face of the earth. Gone were their cities, their armies, their terror. The Great Northern Desert was their only legacy. Not a trace remained for a thousand years... The War of the Pearl had raged for seven years and the armies of the four Duchies were exhausted and weary of bloodshed. But the foremost of the Dukes, Sirano of Romark, possessed the Eldarin Pearl and was determined to unravel its secrets. Then, on one unforgetable day, a dark moon rose above the Great Northern Desert, and a black tidal wave swept across the land. In moments the desert had vanished beneath lush fields and forests and a great city could be seen glittering in the morning sunlight. From this city re-emerged the blood-hungry Daroth, powerful and immortal, immune to spear and sword. They had only one desire: to rid the world of humankind for ever. Now the fate of the human race rests on the talents of three heroes: Karis, warrior-woman and strategist; Tarantio, the deadliest swordsman of the age; and Duvodas the Healer, who will learn a terrible truth. A new world of myth and magic, love and heroism, from the bestselling author of "The Legend of Deathwalker.
While the warlike and heartless Aenir ravage the territory outside the mountain fastness of the clans, Sigarni, the Hawk Queen, arrives in this alternate version of her own universe through a gate in space and time. Taliesen, last of the gatekeepers, has no idea why she has arrived but knows that heroes are needed... Only Caswallon, loner, warrior and thief, realises the true extent of danger and horrors that his people are about to face. As Taliesen tries to discover Sigarni's purpose, Caswallon must unite the clans to overcome their greatest peril. In this sequel to THE IRONHAND'S DAUGHTER, David Gemmell returns to the clean air of High Druin and the smell of blood and burning that is soon to taint it.
The Drenai stronghold had fallen. Now blood-hungry Nadir hordes spread desolation and despair across all the lands......even tiny Gothir, where slavers seized a young girl while the villagers looked the other way--all but the peasant boy Kiall. His unlikely rescue attempt would lead across the savage steppes and on through the Halls of Hell. The youth would face ferocious beasts, deadly warriors, and demons of the dark; he would emerge a man--or not emerge at all.But Kiall would not face these dangers alone. Heroes out of legend joined his Chareos the Blademaster, Beltzer the Axeman, and the bowmen Finn and Maggrig. And one among their company hid a secret that could free the world of Nadir domination. That one was the Nadir Bane, the hope of the Drenai. That one was the Earl of Bronze.Thus did a search for a stolen slave girl become a quest that would shake the very world.
Jon Shannow is a brigand-slayer, and seeker after a legendary city. Desiring only peace, he is fated to ride into battle, war and sudden death. Three hundred years after the world toppled on its axis and civilization was destroyed, Shannow appears, looking for Jerusalem.
First in a new fantasy series chronicling the lives of characters who live and die by the sword and the arrow, and intorducing Sigarni the silver-haired - huntress, whore, princess
The tyrannical rule of the Deacon and his Jerusalem Riders has unleashed upon the world a sea of bigotry and hatred. But when a church is burnt and its congregation slaughtered, a rider appears and hunts down the killers. Jon Shannow is back.
Ein Jahrhundert nachdem sie sich heroisch verteidigt haben, sieht sich das Volk von Drenai einer neuen Gefahr gegenüber: Ein verrückter Kaiser will das Reich erobern - und bei ihm sind seltsame Krieger mit übernatürlichen Fähigkeiten und geheimnisvollen Priestern, die die Dunkelheit heraufbeschwören können. Ein Mann jedoch stellt sich dieser Armee der Finsternis entgegen: Tenaka Khan, genannt der Schattenprinz. Er verfügt über Mut und Tapferkeit und großes militärisches Geschick - und er hat nur eine Schwierigkeit: Die Drenai, für die er kämpft, hassen ihm, weil er zum Stamme der Nadir gehört.
A mighty warrior and a feared assassin among the Drenai, Waylander the Slayer is now a man hunted by his own people..w..ith a fortune in gold offered as grim reward for his murder. But this is only one of many evils closing in on Waylander and his daughter, Miriel, the beautiful and deadly Battle Queen of Kar-Barzac.
The story revolves around Alexander, a child chosen by a chaos spirit to serve as its host. However, Parmenion, a formidable warrior of ancient Greece, intervenes, preventing the boy's soul from being consumed by darkness. Instead of succumbing, Alexander's essence fuses with the spirit, leading to an internal struggle between light and dark. Parmenion becomes a guiding force, helping Alexander navigate this tumultuous battle for control over his own destiny.
A country in desperate need of heroes. Angostin invaders surge through the Highlands, laying waste to everything in their path. Darkness follows in their wake as a mad necromancer resurrects the eons-dead Vampyre Kings. Only the bandit Jerek Mace, and the magicker and bard Owen Odell, have the courage to fight the Angostins and the undead. Whispers soon spread that Mace is the legendary Morningstar, a saviour who will protect his country in its hour of need. Yet Mace seems nothing more than a thief and a liar. As the final battle approaches, Odell wonders which of the two Maces will triumph: the self-serving rogue or the saviour of his people, the Morningstar.
The first book of a fantasy saga set in Ancient Greece. A half-breed boy is a hated outsider in a city of heroes, but survives. After receiving the title of Strategos for his military genius, he leaves Sparta to become the deadliest warrior of the ancient world, but then faces the wrath of hell.
A fantasy novel featuring Jon Shannow, who is the only one who can find the Sword of God in order to close the gateway between past and present, unaware that his actions could warp time itself and result in the destruction of worlds. From the author of KNIGHTS OF DARK RENOWN, DARK MOON and ECHOES OF THE GREAT SONG.
The Knights of the Gabala, legendary protectors of the Nine Duchies, have disappeared through a demon-haunted gateway between worlds. Only one held back - Manannan, whose every instinct told him to stay. Now he is the Coward Knight, and in torment.
The soul of Uther Pendragon is chained in hell. The sword of power is lost in swirling chaos. The realm is under threat from barbarian hordes - led by an Undead god from the vaults of pre-history. And a new Dark Age is dawning over Roman Britain. Then comes a man called Revelation, seeking a child born of a demon...Seeking the legendary Lord of the Lance...Seeking the sword to save the realm.
Beyond WOLF IN SHADOW to an earlier layer in David Gemmell's fantasy of the Sipstrassi Stones: rebellion and invasion plunge Britannia into the Dark Ages. Chaos and terror stalk the land, the King slain by traitors, the great Sword of Power vanished beyond the Circle of Mist. Saxons, Angles, Jutes and Brigante tribesman mass together to destroy the realm, aided by the powers of the Witch Queen and the Lord of the Undead. Against them stands a weakling boy, and an old mountain warrior. But the boy has the blood of kings, and the warrior is Culain, the legendary Lord of the Lance. And he alone knows the dread secret of the Witch Queen.
Three centuries after terrible floods drowned most of Earth's civilizations, humanity scratches for safety in a world of deadly evils. And through this world walks Jon Shannow, the Jerusalem Man. His quest is to find lost Jerusalem--and confront the world's evil, including the devil himself.
He is DRUSS the Legend . His skill in battle has earned him a fearsome reputation throughout the world and the stories of his life are told everywhere. But the grizzled veteran has spurned a life of fame and fortune and has retreated to the solitude of his mountain lair to await his old enemy, Death. Meanwhile, barbarian hordes of the Nadir are on the march, conquering all before them. All that stands before them and victory is the legendary six-walled fortress of the Drenai empire, Dros Delnoch. If the fortress falls, so do the Drenai. Druss reluctantly agrees to come out of retirement. But can even Druss live up to his own legends? Held by many to be Gemmell's most iconic work, the book is considered a classic in the heroic fantasy genre.
