Product Description

For centuries the tribes of the Nadir have suffered under the tyranny of their Gothir overlords. Distrustful of one another the tribes await the coming of a Messianic warlord, who will unite them. Into this swirling, chaotic landscape come three men who will change the fate of the continent.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12085 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 359 pages

SFX
'Gemmell is a fireside mythmonger; his characters and plots have the authentic feel of legends handed down through the age

From the Publisher
The Legend of Deathwalker continues the extraordinary tale of Druss among the Nadir started in Legend.

From the Back Cover
Under the brutal oppression of the Gothir, the Nadir tribes dream of the Uniter, the Great One, who will bring the tribes together, and end their centuries of torment.

But for one man it is more than a dream. Talisman, a mysterious and enigmatic Nadir warrior, rides out to the Shrine of Oshikai Demon-bane, seeking the legendary eyes of Alchazzar, twin jewels of enormous power that will light the path to the Uniter. With him rides the beautiful Zhusai, a mystic tormented by the ghost of a long-dead Nadir queen.

But others desire the secret of the jewels.

Garen-Tsen, the sadistic power behind the Gothir throne, believes the magical gems will lead him to glory, and sends the elite soldiers of the Gothir army to sack the Shrine and defeat the few defenders. They cannot lose: five thousand men against a handful of savages and a renegade Drenai warrior.

But the savages are led by one of the most brilliant strategists of the day. And the renegade is Druss the Legend.

Customer Reviews

Hail Druss! Hail Druss! Hail Druss!
You'll never find a more complete hero in mythical fantasy than Druss the Legend! The great thing about this character is that while everyone can recognise elements of his- or herself in the axe-wielding myrmidon, he is none-the-less a god-like entity on a par with the classic greats like Heracles, Jason and Aragorn. Reading of Druss's exploits makes us all believe that we too can achieve miracles in this testing world of ours. David Gemmell is undoubtedly one of the great living writers of heroic fantasy. This work is a must-read for anyone who enjoyed Legend, and successfully further develops the Druss character. YOU WILL NOT REGRET READING THIS BOOK!

Fills in the blanks
Having gone forwards and backwards in time relative to the events in Legend over previous Drenai novels, Gemmell is here filling in, effectively, the back story to that novel. We discover Druss's ironic role in the creation of Ulric, lord of the Nadir, who Druss goes on to oppose in Legend.
The story's good although perhaps just lacking the urgency of some of his other novels and much though I like Druss, he's perhaps not quite such an interesting character as the more multi-faceted Waylander or Skilgannon.
Overall, another cracker from Gemmell, sure to delight those who've read the previous Drenai novels.

Gemmell has done Better
I found The Legend of death-walker entertaining. It contained the same great battle scenes, the great depth of characters and showed the interesting devolopments that they made through the book. But it had a slightly predictable story line and there seemed no sense of dire despiration that is found in titles such as Winter Warriers and Waylander. Dont get me wrong I really enjoyed the book bot it did not have the adictive quality of some of Gemmells other titles.