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Saturday, September 12, 2026

David Gemmell. Heroic Fantasy Author. Drenai Saga. The King Beyond the Gate. by Travis Simpkins

David Gemmell. Heroic Fantasy Author. Legend. Drenai Saga. Rigante Series. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

David Gemmell

(1948 - 2006)

Writer, Journalist, Newspaper Editor

Author of Heroic Fantasy

He wrote over 30 novels, including:

The Drenai Saga

The Rigante Series

by Travis Simpkins

David Gemmell

For more info, please visit:

penguinrandomhouse.com/david-gemmell

David Gemmell. Heroic Fantasy Author. Drenai Saga. The King Beyond the Gate. by Travis Simpkins

Saturday, August 22, 2026

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.

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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Legend. The Drenai Saga. David Gemmell. Heroic Fantasy

I'm enjoying "Legend" the first book in The Drenai Saga by David Gemmell.

“David Gemmell tells a tale of very real adventure, the stuff of true epic fantasy.”—R. A. Salvatore

Druss, Captain of the Ax, is the stuff of legends. Tales of his battles are told throughout the land, and the stories expand with each telling. But Druss himself grows older, until finally, the warrior turns his back on glory and retreats to his mountain lair. There he awaits his old enemy: death.

But far below, the barbarian Nadir hordes are on the march. All that stands between them and the Drenai people is a mighty six-walled fortress, Dros Delnoch—a great citadel that seems destined to fall. If it does, the Nadir will sweep inexorably across the land, killing all who oppose them.

Reluctantly Druss agrees to come down from his mountaintop to lead this last, hopeless fight. Lost causes mean nothing to him—he has fought in such battles a thousand times in a thousand lands. And he is a hero to inspire a new generation of warriors. He is Druss the Legend.

Thus begins David Gemmell’s most celebrated novel—an unrivaled classic of mythic heroism and magnificent adventure. . . .

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