The King Beyond the Gate. The Drenai Saga. David Gemmell. Heroic Fantasy
I'm enjoying "The King Beyond the Gate" from The Drenai Saga by David Gemmell.
Once the mighty fortress had stood strong, defended by the
mightiest of all Drenai heroes, Druss, the Legend. But now a tyrannical,
mad emperor had seized control of the fortress, and his twisted will
was carried throughout the land by the Joinings --- abominations that
were half-man, half-beast. Tenaka Khan was a half-breed himself, hated
by the Drenai for his Nadir blood and despised by the Nadir for his
Drenai ancestry. But he alone had a plan to destroy the emperor. The
last heroes of the Drenai joined with him in a desperate gamble to bring
down the emperor -- even at the cost of their own destruction.
