Waylander

The Drenai Saga #3

by David Gemmell

All of Waylander's instincts had screamed at him to spurn the contract from Kaem the cruel, the killer of nations. But he had ignored them. He had made his kill. And even as he went to collect his gold, he knew that he had been betrayed.
Now the Dark Brotherhood and the hounds of chaos were hunting him, even as Kaem's armies waged war on the Drenai lands, intent on killing every man, woman, and child. The Drenai soldiers were doomed to ultimate defeat, and chaos would soon reign.
Then a strange old man told Waylander that the only way to turn the tide of battle would be for Waylander himself to retrieve the legendary Armor of Bronze from its hiding place deep within a shadow-haunted land. He would be hunted. He was certain to fail. But he must try, the old man commanded--commanded in the name of his son, the king, who had been slain by an assassin...
Waylander was the most unlikely of heroes--for he was a traitor, the Slayer who had killed the king...

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Audiobook, Adventure

310 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 21, 1986

About the author

David Andrew Gemmell was a bestselling British author of heroic fantasy. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Best known for his debut, Legend, Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explores themes in honour, loyalty and redemption. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell worldwide.

Reviews

[Ivan]

La veritat és que aquest llibre em va encantar. No és gaire llarg, es fa amè i inclou detalls que li donen realisme. Ja m'he llegit el segon llibre de la trilogia que està bé però m'agrada més el primer llibre. També sembla que el segell de l'autor acostuma a ser un epíleg que donaria per a uns quants llibres més, on explica els fets que passen anys després.

[Xiep]

Primer llibre de la saga Drenai de David Gemmell... Aquest payo és un descobriment... aquest primer llibre ens introdueix un dels personatges que formaran part de la saga... Gemmell realment és mereix el títol que li van donar de hereu de Michael Moorcok... Ens crea i ens fa posar-nos en el paper del antiheroi que bsuca la redenció, si canción de hielo y feugo agrada per la política, traïció i la crueltat, aquest m'agrada per la guerra en paraules majúscules, la sang, la traïció y la crueltat. Tampoc es passa en la fantasia, ni màgia ni éssers místics... els justos, tot i que quan surt algo així realment fot por i és veu clarament amenaçador, pq el personatge no deixa d'estar molt humanitzat i sufridor. M'ha encantat, li dono un deu, per sobre "juego de tronos"(referintme al primer llibre) però no per sobre dels següents llibres de la saga de canción de hielo y fuego, tot i que si la resta de llibres de la saga Drenai son igual de bons... això serà molt millor! smile emoticon