![]() It is undermanned and soon to be under siege by the “barbarian” Nadir under their leader Ulrich. Hooray! In “Legend,” the fort of Dros Delnoch stands between the Drenai civilization and devastation. The shifting POV that is prevalent in all these authors' works, the mixture of magic grounded in a world that is often recognizable (“history shifted 25% to the fantastical,” as I believe Kay has said), the many shades of gray between black and white-all these are present in Gemmell’s books, which now, finally, are coming to Audible. These books introduced me to heroic fantasy and led me into Guy Gavriel Kay and later G.R.R. Well, it was and it wasn’t, but it was a great book and I went on to read “Legend," Gemmell’s first published book, and then pretty much everything else he wrote (which was a lot) before his premature death in 2006. In the early 90’s, back when there were still bookstores to browse in, I picked up a copy of David Gemmell’s “Lion of Macedon” because I thought it was about one of my favorite historical figures, Alexander the Great. ![]()
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