Product Description

An epic story begins with a young man's avowal: 'Tell him that one day I shall cut his vile heart out.' The speaker is Bane the Bastard, a Wolfshead living outside the law. Born of treachery, his name a curse, he grew up among the warriors of the Rigante. They valued his skills in war, but they feared the violence in his heart.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23464 in Books
• Published on: 2000-03-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 543 pages

Customer Reviews

An awesome novel
THE STORY:
The bastard son of King Connavar decides to leave the Rigante, who shun him, and become a gladiator in the city of Stone. However, he will eventually be called upon to save the very people who persecuted him.

WHAT'S GOOD:
Everything! (I seem to end up saying that about all Gemmell's books!) Gemmell manages once again to draw us into the mind, body and soul of the main character so that we can live his life alongside him. Bane's emotional development through the book is remarkable and yet perfectly believable. The supporting characters also hold their own; Banouin's development is also a marvel, Jasaray is both charismatic and also totally amoral, Connavar continues his own development from the first book albeit on a smaller scale and Rage's climatic duel will no doubt suprise you with it's ending. Another great thing about this book is that, although it's a part of the Rigante series, it's entirely capable of standing independently. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that 'Midnight Falcon' is one of those rare sequels that is the equal (if not the better) of the first book.

WHAT'S BAD:
I found the clear historical parallels to be a bit irritating (Jasaray is Julius Caesar, the Tree Cult are Christians, Stone is Rome etc) but Gemmell does tackle this fact by having the Morrigu explain that she has seen the destructive principles of Stone on other worlds under other names (one of which happens to be Rome). Other than these small details, I absolutely loved this book.

(to David Gemmell): "Proud of you boy."

One of Gemmells best!!
This is one of Gemmells best books. This is becasue he has obviously planned the story out very well, however becasue of this it does make this story highly predictable, and it is obvious that is going to culminate in a huge battle at the end. A very good and well written book which is just as good as its prequel if not better.

Superb!
I tend to go through phases when reading fantasy type books, sometimes I like the easy reads and sometimes I like the really in depth ones.Midnight Falcon offers the best of both worlds, easy to read but a deep enough story to keep even the most die hard in depth fan happy. I loved the way this tied up a lot of the loose ends from Sword in the Storm. Really enjoyable, heroic, at times funny, be sure that Midnight Falcom will not dissappoint!