But the grizzled Drenai veteran has spurned a life of fame and fortune and retreated to the solitude of his mountain lair. The stories of his life are 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. Legend is the classic Drenai novel from the British master of heroic fantasy, a powerful tale of courage and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming odds. Druss, Captain of the Axe: the stories of his life were told everywhere. In these pages you will come to know Kvothe the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon-slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin.The Name of the Wind is fantasy at its very best, and an astounding must-read title. David Gemmells first novel and the first in the Drenai saga - a bestselling classic of heroic fantasy. My name is Kvothe.You may have heard of me’So begins the tale of Kvothe – currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeepter – from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. Best known for his debut, Legend, Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explores themes in honour, loyalty and redemption. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984.

I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. David Andrew Gemmell was a bestselling British author of heroic fantasy. Some Gemmell books I read as a teenager and so I was interested in seeing whether my now. For the past 25 years his books have been read and re-read and I am still not weary of them, and I hope that will always be the case. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. Legend by David Gemmell (The Drenai Novels: Book 1) David Gemmell is unquestionably one of my favourite fantasy authors. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. ‘I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings.

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