David Gremmell, Author, David Gemmell, Author . Del Rey $24.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-345-45831-5
This new heroic fantasy in Gemmell's engrossing Drenai series takes place immediately before his first published novel, Legend
(1984), but stands well on its own. Skilgannon, swordmaster and former general of Queen Jianna's army, walked...
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David Gemmell, Author . Del Rey $24.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-345-43226-1
The third book in Gemmell's popular heroic fantasy saga, the Rigante series (The Sword in the Storm; Midnight Falcon), puts a host of characters through a load of action without much resolution. Centuries ago, after the capture of the Rigante...
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David Gemmell, Author . Del Rey $25 (480p) ISBN 978-0-345-44577-3
Mythic characters painted with broad strokes populate this fourth title in British bestseller Gemmell's Rigante series (after 2001's Ravenheart), set in a fantasy world resembling medieval Scotland. Stormrider is the Rigante soul name for...
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David Gemmell, Author . Del Rey $24.95 (464p) ISBN 978-0-345-45833-9
In this engrossing science fantasy, the latest in British author Gemmell's long-running Drenai series (White Wolf
, etc.), 1,000 years have passed since the age of the heroic sword fighter, Skilgannon. A priestly class has reawakened ancient...
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David Gemmell, Author . Del Rey $24.95 (476p) ISBN 978-0-345-45835-3
Bestseller Gemmell (Legend
) boldly recasts the Trojan War in this first of a new trilogy, which centers on a warrior variously called Helikaon, Aeneas or the Golden One, who's blessed by luck to have all he turns his hand to prosper. Populated...
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David Gemmell, Author . Ballantine $25.95 (490p) ISBN 978-0-345-47701-9
Prolific historical novelist Gemmell continues his imaginative and addictive Trojan War trilogy with this second installment (after Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow
). While King Agamemnon schemes and "dreams of a war with Troy," rival monarch...
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David Gemmell, Author Del Rey Books $8 (516p) ISBN 978-0-345-37911-5
This enjoyable historical fantasy set in ancient Greece spans three decades in the career of Parmenion, a Spartan of mixed ancestry whose life is being shaped and monitored by an aging seeress. Scorned as a half-breed by the Spartans, he leaves...
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David Gemmell, Author, Stella Gemmell, Author Ballantine Books $25.95 (447p) ISBN 978-0-345-47703-3
In this last installment of David Gemmell's Trojan trilogy (following Troy: Shield of Thunder), Helen is a plain, mousy woman whose beauty is entirely of the inner sort, and Hektor is a cuckold left raising another man's son. Agamemnon is depicted...
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