The fortress was once the Drenai's greatest stronghold - now it will be their final battleground. Meanwhile, barbarian hordes were on the march. He turned his back on his own legend and retreated to a mountain lair to await his old enemy, death.

But even as the stories grew in the telling, Druss himself grew older. But the grizzled Drenai veteran has spurned a life of fame and fortune and retreated to the solitude of his mountain lair.Īnd it is the only route through the mountains for the invading army of the Nadir. David Gemmell Legend (Drenai Saga Book 1) David Gemmell Druss, Captain of the Axe, was the stuff of legends. The stories of his life are told everywhere. Legend is the classic Drenai novel from the British master of heroic fantasy, a powerful tale of courage and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming odds. Instead of the wealth and fame he could have claimed, he had chosen a mountain lair, high in the lonely country bordering on the clouds. Druss, Captain of the Axe: the stories of his life were told everywhere. With its fall, the Drenai empire is soon to follow. David Gemmells first novel and the first in the Drenai saga - a bestselling classic of heroic fantasy.

The series focuses on a selection of heroes, mainly from the Drenai lands, and their fight against evil, whether that's a personal enemy, an existential demonic threat, or barbarian hordes. GEMMELL IS ADRENALINE WITH SOUL' - Brent Weeks Legend by David Gemmell Dros Delnoch, a massive fortress with six walls of defence, is in danger of falling to the Nadir. The Drenai series is a heroic fantasy series by British author David Gemmell. 'THE HARD-BITTEN CHAMPION OF BRITISH HEROIC FANTASY' - Joe Abercrombie

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