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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Legend&quot; by David Gemmell is a very good book.  I would recommend it as a good read not for just fantasy fans, but for anyone.  It does a good job of depicting the nature of heroism.<br/><br/><strong><u>The Plot</u></strong><br/><br/>The Drenai Empire is being invaded by the Nadir barbarian hordes, united for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40151313">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The plot is simple.  The characters archetypes.  The world not terribly unique or innovative.   And yet... when you put this book down, you feel inspired to do good, and like anything is possible if you work for it.  This is the first of the Gemmell books I ever read.  Since then, I've read nearly e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9951222">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The five star rating is of course a matter of taste...but I haven't bothered to rate many books I don't like...maybe later.<br/><br/>David Gemmell is (was) one of the most gifted writers of this type of fantasy every. It's hard to compare him to anyone else as he's sort of in a class by himself. S...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72696034">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not a bad book.  It's pretty well written, and the characters are fairly interesting (if somewhat flat at times, but I suppose that could be blamed on the point of view, third person omniscient with a lot of shifts).<br/><br/>I had some difficulty with the magic monks, who seemed to be use...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64949970">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Legend tells the tale of Druss, an axe-wielding, muscle bound man who follows his lost love over several continents.<br/><br/>Although he has prodigious fighting skills and a giant, menacing axe, it is not these weapons which thrust him into legendary status. It is his uncanny ability to detect weak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60519275">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I read this about 11 or 12 years ago and was deeply influenced by the heroic qualities of the story. <br/>The battles are savagely realistic and struck a chord. The main protagonist Rek is one of my favourite fantasy characters, more so since I discovered from an interview online that David Gemmel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62189309">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a work of very well done heroic fantasy.  It has a full storyline in 350 pages, which is apparently an impossible feat for fantasy writers these days.  (Don't get fooled by the fact that this is the first book in a series.  Each book is entirely independent.)<br/><br/>This novel's primary ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57376287">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've watch my husband read Gemmell for years now. I finally found a gap in my reading list to give him a try. I was surprised at how much I liked this book. Normally I'm not a big fan of in depth descriptions of battles ever since I read the Illiad and a guy got his head chopped off from a blow that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39354025">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading this book. Initially, I knew nothing about the series, characters or the author's writing style, (and I'm also not used to fantasy) so I found it difficult to understand/remember character names and get into the plot. But the more and more I read this book, the more I began ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72562883">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This author was recommended to me by my friend Blaine. It had taken me months to pick it up after I bought it, and another month (or more) to finish it, but in the end I have to say that I loved this book. I admit, it was a little hard to get into when I first started. David Gemmell's way of transit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45340997">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Nadir army heads for Dros Delnoch, a keep guarding a mountain pass.  Druss the Legend comes out of retirement for one last battle.  But even with Rek the baresark and the earl of Delnoch's daughter help Druss and eleven thousand men stand up against an advancing army many times their size?<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33983316">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>Druss, Captain of the Axe, is a Legend within the Drenai Empire. He has stood against armies, won thousands of battles, some more hopeless than others. He has journeyed the length and breadth of the world to rescue the one love of his life. The Nadir tribesmen call him Deathwalker, and believe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30644764">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read many times. This was the book that began my interest into the world of fantasy. The power and strength of the main character, Druss, involves you in a way not many other books in this particular genre do. With this author I find you either love him or hate him. The wide range of characters, sit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55824304">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I would compare this story to the beattle at Helms Deep.  There is the history of a strong fortress that has always kept the kingdom safe. Because of a long season of peace this fortress has decayed from disuse and it's forces have been greatly reduced.  It suddenly becomes the only obsticle agaist...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8037484">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Whilst reading the last pages I was sat on a tube train with watery eyes, absolute great read. Gemmell is an excellent story teller and you grow to love the characters, there's even some commentary on humanity in there, but too deep for me!<br/><br/>He will be sadly missed.<br/><br/>Oh yes the peopl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47122188">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a book, where to begin, I acually read these books out of order, I read Druss the Legend first, chronological order but not the order they where written.  So I'm not sure if I would have been as effected if I had read this one first but let just say this is the only book I can ever remember she...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45124731">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Both of my boys really enjoy reading sci fi - and David Gemmell is my older son's absolute favorite author.  He has every one of Mr. Gemmell's books, and reads them over and over.  My younger son is making his way through them now.  I have to admit, I will read just about anything, and I will freely...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24450890">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gemmell's first book shows much of the promise and crisp, sometimes very descritpive yet precise prose that would fill his career.  Still, it's his first book and there are some qualms, such as being too cliched at time, and not focusing enough on Druss the Legend, the book's most interesting charac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44635089">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The characters were great in this epic tale. I especially liked Druss, and how he was pure in every way except deep inside where only a few could access his true feelings and thoughts of life. Great character flaws and the story was very nice. I finished this one in 4 days which is very fast for my ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41605338">more...</a>]]></body>
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