Read Series: The Drenai Saga
by Author David Gemmell
White Wolf (Drenai Saga, #10) (2004)
Writing 4/5Imagination 3.5/5Plot 4/5Setting 3.5/5Characters 4/5Grimdark 5/5My Overall Enjoyment 5/5Once again, I would like to sing the praises of David Gemmell. This book, the tenth in his Drenai series, is possibly my favorite or at least tied with 2 others in the series,Waylander and [book:Leg...
Winter Warriors (2000)
Now that, my friends, is a book cover. I love great art on the cover of a novel and, in my mind, Winter Warriors certainly falls into that category. If being picky I would have the bird removed but as it has a significance in the story it's fine where it is.Winter Warriors is the tale of three ag...
Quest for Lost Heroes (1995)
I have read a lot of fantasy books through the years. Recently, it seems the trend is toward endless series, each volume of which is the size of War and Peace. Refreshingly, Gemmell tells his stories in much fewer pages, and his stories end up being some of the most well-written in modern fantasy...
The King Beyond the Gate (1986)
Published in 1985 The King Beyond The Gate is the second book by Gemmell, after Legend. While the book is set in the same world it’s not a direct sequel. Many years have passed and all the previous characters are long since dead. My first impression was that this decision to set the novel so far ...
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (1999)
How far would you go for love? Would you travel across distant lands? Would you destroy all barriers in your way? Or would you just believe that there's more fish in the sea and start over?'The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend' is a prequel to the novel 'Legend' - the first book in the Drenai...
Legend (1994)
Nutshell: military dilemma comes to improbable resolution through the intervention of a surly codger who kicks half million kids off lawn.We know we might be in trouble on the first page with the “slanted eyes” of the foe (1). Trouble is confirmed by “the face was flat and cruel, the eyes dark an...
Hero in the Shadows (2000)
I have a confession to make. I read this book without first reading the first two Waylander novels. This is important, since I believe it might have affected my reading experience at least a little bit. See, by this book, Waylander is already an established character and the glimpses that are rev...
Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf (1993)
High in the wooded, peaked mountains of Skeln, the woodsman, Dakeyras, and his beautiful daughter Miriel, live a life of harmonious solitude. Unbeknown to them, a group of grim-eyed, bloodthirsty warriors stalk the mountains. Men who have never known defeat, to whom revenge and torture are meat a...
In the Realm of the Wolf (1998)
This book makes an immediate contrast with it’s prequel, in that Waylander appears as a mortal enemy to the man whose life he saved at the beginning to book one. Yes, that’s right. The priest, Dardalion. Of course, with a Drenai novel (or any David Gemmell book for that matter!) absolutely NOT...
Waylander (1995)
This is my first outing with David Gemmell, and I have to say I’m ashamed I waited this long to read his work. Gemmell is one of the legendary forerunners of modern fantasy, and has influenced many of my favourite authors, particularly those who write gritty ‘grimdark’ fantasy such as Joe Abercro...
The Swords of Night and Day (Drenai Saga, #11) (2005)
The Swords of Night and Day is just okay. Given the amount of material Gemmell had to work with, this book falls flat but is still somewhat enjoyable. It merely recaps events explained in the previous books, but in a confusing way. Having read and enjoyed Gemmell's books (i.e. Legend, White Wo...