The Legend Druss, Captain of the Axe: the stories of his life were told
everywhere. 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. There the
grizzled old warrior kept company with snow leopards and awaited his old enemy
death. The Fortress Mighty Dros Delnoch, protected by six outer walls, the only
route by which an army could pass through the mountains. It was the stronghold
of the Drenai empire. And now it was the last battleground, for all else had
fallen before the Nadir hordes. And hope rested on the skills of that one
old man…
Author Biography
David Gemmell's first novel, Legend, was published in 1984 and he was
widely acclaimed as Britain's king of heroic fantasy. He died in
July 2006.