David Gemmell's first novel, Legend, was published in 1984, beginning his acclaimed Drenai saga. Gemmell was widely regarded as Britain's king of heroic fantasy. He died in July 2006.
The hardbitten champion of British heroic fantasy Heroism and heartbreak . . . Gemmell is adrenalin with soul An enduring and compulsive epic . . . nobody writes better fantasy - STARBURST