"Gemmel continues the story of one of its best character, Waylander alias Dakeyras. Another Masterpiece in an excellently constructed historical background."
"Starts slowly, but from the middle in turns out to be one of the richest fantasy world of Gemmel's. Many things will be familiar for you of you have played with Warcraft III."
"Less fantasy more of a historical book. Excellent choice if you are interested in the struggles of the ancient Greek polis of Sparta, Thebes, Athens...."
"The Troy trilogy is a perfect choice people loving historical fictions. Amazing what an excellent book Gemmell could write from this boringly widely known, ancient myth."
"Gemmell continues the story of Druss: exciting, entertaining. A must read if you want to understand the whole story and the links behind the Drenai series"
"Another recyclement of the Druss series with Gemmel trying to introduce a new character, Skilgannon. For me this part would go as a fable but less as a fiction."
"Smelle a bit like sweat: not a bad book, but i had the impression that Gemmell only wanted to continue the Drenai saga to follow the adventures of his favourite characters in his favourite Drenai land"