<![CDATA[The Swords of Night and Day (Drenai Tales, #11)]]>

false <![CDATA[The Swords of Night and Day (Drenai Tales, #11)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167202961m/19298.jpg 19298 9 With mythic sweep and epic scope, David Gemmell’s bestselling novels of magic and adventure feature brooding heroes who fight to preserve all that is good and honorable in themselves and in the worlds through which they stride like lonely giants. In times of terror and despair, theirs are the swords that carve a shining path, inspiring others to follow. Even after their deaths, their names live on. . . . A thousand years after they fell in battle, two heroes—Druss and Skilgannon—are revered throughout the war-torn lands of the Drenai. Yet men and women live in abject fear of the Joinings, abominable meldings of man and beast, and of their mistress, the dark sorceress known as the Eternal. None can stave off these ruthless foes. But what if the soul of one such hero could be called back from the void, his bones housed again in flesh? An ancient prophecy foretold that Skilgannon would return in his people’s darkest hour. To most, this is a foolish hope. But not so to Landis Kan. For years, as the power of the Eternal grew, Kan searched for the tomb of Skilgannon the Damned. And at last, he found it, gathering up the bones and performing the mystic ritual. But the reborn hero is an enigma: a young man whose warrior skills are blunted and whose memories are fragmented. This Skilgannon is a man out of time, marooned in a world as strange to him as a dream, remote from all he knew and loved. Or nearly all. Before bringing Skilgannon back, Landis Kan experimented upon other bone fragments found in the hero’s tomb. That ritual resulted in a surly giant who possessed astounding strength, but no memories. To Kan, he was a dangerous failure. But to Skilgannon, this giant represented their last hope. For as the ageless evil of the Eternal threatens to drown the Drenai lands in blood, two legendary heroes will once again lead the way to freedom. From the Hardcover edition. 20574 2004 The Swords of Night and Day (Drenai Tales, #11) total:362|5:126|4:147|3:79|2:9|1:1| 362 1474 478 8 5 0 false false Sat May 03 19:19:54 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 19:26:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 09 15:18:12 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 15:19:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 10:28:29 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 10:42:24 -0700 2008
I was more than once reminded of Frank Herbert's Heretics of Dune, which as one of my favorite books is definitely a good thing.

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