Brilliantwarriors, they are heartbreakingly human in their ability to love, sacrifice, and summon extraordinary courage when all seems lost. His mythic characters represent the ultimates in good and evil, and everything in between.
"Spellbinding action and breathless adventure-these are the realms of David Gemmell. 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.Ī new world of myth and magic, love and heroism, from the bestselling author of The Legend of Deathwalker. They had only one desire: to rid the world of humankind for ever.
In moments the desert had vanished beneath lush fields and forests and a great city could be seen glittering in the morning sunlight.įrom this city re-emerged the blood-hungry Daroth, powerful and immortal, immune to spear and sword. Then, on one unforgetable day, a dark moon rose above the Great Northern Desert, and a black tidal wave swept across the land. But the foremost of the Dukes, Sirano of Romark, possessed the Eldarin Pearl and was determined to unravel its secrets. The War of the Pearl had raged for seven years and the armies of the four Duchies were exhausted and weary of bloodshed. Not a trace remained for a thousand years. The Great Northern Desert was their only legacy. Gone were their cities, their armies, their terror. Yet in one awesome night the invincible Daroth had vanished from the face of the earth. The mystical Oltor, healers and poets, had fallen before the dread power of the cruel and sadistic Daroth. The peaceful Eldarin were the last of three ancient races.
In this tale of love, betrayal and treachery, in a world torn by war, White Wolf examines the nature of heroism and friendship and the narrow lines dividing good and evil. 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. Now he must travel across a perilous, demon-haunted realm seeking a mysterious temple and the ageless goddess who rules it. In a few terrifying seconds their world is changed for ever, and word spreads across the lands of the East - Skilgannon is back. Three years later, a murderous mob gathers outside a monastery, faced by a single, unarmed priest. No-one knew where he had gone, following the terrible triumph at Perapolis, and the assasins sent by the Witch Queen could find no trace of his passing. Skilgannon the Damned had vanished from the pages of history. White Wolf marks a return to the bestselling Drenai series and David Gemmell’s most popular hero of all, Druss the Legend.
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