- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; First Edition edition (1 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593044444
- ISBN-13: 978-0593044445
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16.3 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 246,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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David Gemmell is Britain's most popular writer of hard-edged heroic fantasy. White Wolf opens a new subseries, "The Damned", set in the world of his Drenai saga and featuring the invincible axeman Druss the Legend--now well into middle age. But the central character is Skilgannon the Damned, deadly wielder of a very special pair of swords and a former general whose nickname comes from a war atrocity that he does not deny. His attempt to make a new life as a monk ends abruptly when civil unrest threatens the monastery and Skilgannon's old fighting skills come into play with appalling effectiveness. In flashbacks to decades earlier, a young Skilgannon painfully and plausibly learns the warrior's art, until his boyhood finishes in a blaze of horror. He finds true love, but his lady is also in love with power and gives the orders for a city-wide bloodbath that makes him forever The Damned. Now known as the Witch-Queen, she won't forgive him for leaving her...
Other stories intertwine with Skilgannon's. There's a young lad who wants to be a swordsman; a fey girl haunted by voices; twin brother fighters, one with a personality ravaged by brain cancer; and Druss the Legend, still indomitable but beginning to worry about his heart. Their paths entwine in a land full of disorder, hostile troops, desperate refugees, and escaped arena beasts (sorcerous hybrids of man and animal). Gemmell excels at combat scenes, with a pace, timing and gripping conviction rare in the genre. He makes it clear, with grim compassion, that opponents aren't just straw men to be knocked over. Skilgannon is forced to kill people he admires, or who admire him; even legitimate self-defence turns sour when we hear the version told by the dead man's fiancée. At the climax, Skilgannon, Druss and their surviving companions stage an audacious assault on a particularly obnoxious villain's well-defended fortress. Much bloodshed follows, with satisfactory settlement of many debts and a final gleam of hope for the future. More tales of Skilgannon will surely follow. --David Langford
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" Probably the finest living writer of heroic fantasy." -- "Time Out"
" Has everything a fan of heroic fantasy could desire." -- Stephen Donaldson
" Gemmell's a brand: an assurance of passionate, cleanly written prose, imaginative plots and, above all, terrific storytelling." -- "Time Out"
" Has everything a fan of heroic fantasy could desire." -- Stephen Donaldson
" Gemmell's a brand: an assurance of passionate, cleanly written prose, imaginative plots and, above all, terrific storytelling." -- "Time Out"
"From the Trade Paperback edition."
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
For David Gemmell addicts – finally, a new book! White Wolf introduces a new character to the Drenai series named Skilgannon. Throughout the novel, Gemmell uses the quest for atonement to really create character. Skilgannon was a general for the Witch Queen (whom he loves) but left her service after his wife died (who loved him) and Jianna (the Witch Queen) ordered him to slaughter the inhabitants of a city, earning him the title the Damned. Basically, after failing as a monk he goes looking for a special temple to resurrect his wife. On his way he ends up with Druss the Legend (naturally) who is looking for a friend of his who has disappeared. I don’t want to ruin the rest of the story so you will have to find out the rest on your own. Gemmell has a brilliant writing style, making reading his books terribly addictive. White Wolf is a book charged with excitement and humour – definitely a good read!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought this is one of David Gemmells best novels. The main character is Skillgannon the Damned, a character that really captured my imagination.
Not only is it great heroic fantasy, but funny in parts. It also includes Druss the Legend, probably Gemmells best known character, and it is set ten years before 'Legend', Gemmell's first novel.
A very good read.
Not only is it great heroic fantasy, but funny in parts. It also includes Druss the Legend, probably Gemmells best known character, and it is set ten years before 'Legend', Gemmell's first novel.
A very good read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Yes, Druss is back!. The book as a whole is good but does stick very much to the classic Gemmell formula. Not that there is anything wrong with that. The book is well and solidly written but nothing spectacular. Anyone who is a Gemmell fan will find this an enjoyable read.
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Epic fantasy
This was my first David Gemmell book.
I admit I brought it because I kept seeing the book everywhere and really liked the cover. Read more
I admit I brought it because I kept seeing the book everywhere and really liked the cover. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Richard Peake
exciting gemmell book
i enjoyed reading this book but not as much as the previous skillgannon book which was superbly exciting. Read more
Published 12 months ago by MS SHIRLEY MARTIN
Excellent fantasy with great characterisation and salty dialogue.
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Published on 2 Mar 2009 by russell clarke
Another quality anti-hero tale
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Published on 13 Nov 2008 by Mr. G. Battle
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Published on 13 Aug 2008 by N. Burgess
Read the Damned book...
I loved these Skilgannon books so much that I, literally, came to the end of one and immediately started reading the next!
Great story-telling at its absolute finest. Read more
Great story-telling at its absolute finest. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2008 by Juno
All-seeing history is blind to us !
It is fantasy for sure but without those strange Hobbits and peoples from another planet and yet on the earth. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2007 by Jacques COULARDEAU
You want Action? You came to the right place.
Both Skilagon and Druss show how real heroes are supposed to fight. Druss's Axe cleaves though many men as do Skilagon's swords. Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2007 by Mr. A. Marczylo
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I've only just started reading Gemmel's books, this is the second one I have read (the first was Legend) and its brilliant! Read more
Published on 9 May 2006 by Mr. D. Williams
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I have read many of Davd Gemmells books and have loved each and every one of them and now with this book he has truly outdone himself. Read more
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