Great book, wildly entertaining, a real page turner. Very easy to read with a good plot.

Humble Heroes....gritty battles...good vs evil; characters you would love to sit around a fire and tell stories with. Fantasy at its best!

Really great plot line and storytelling; characters are really deep and awesome. The story is telling you what means to be a hero without getting boring even for a second and great way to enter the drenai saga.

Life changing author, kept me going through graduate school to stay grounded. This read reminds you of humanity and life struggles on & off th pages. He is a prolific writer at telling stories. Or are they? David belongs with some of the best writers, judge for yourself. RIP

This story is great and the way it is told is like an action movie, montage and all.

It all started here. .... RIP David Gemmell. I would wait anxiously for his next book. Year after year his new books where the most anticipated gift , something so special I would take the next day off work so I could finish it in one session. Then I would continue reading his books so many times I've lost count over the years. I know he isn't everyones cup of tea but if you like heroic fantasy nobody comes close.