With mythic sweep and epic scope, David Gemmell's bestselling novels
of magic and adventure feature brooding heroes who fight to preserve all
that is good and honorable in themselves and in the worlds through which
they stride like lonely giants. In times of terror and despair, theirs
are the swords that carve a shining path, inspiring others to follow.
Even after their deaths, their names live on. . . .
A thousand years after they fell in battle, two heroes--Druss and
Skilgannon--are revered throughout the war-torn lands of the Drenai. Yet
men and women live in abject fear of the Joinings, abominable meldings
of man and beast, and of their mistress, the dark sorceress known as the
Eternal. None can stave off these ruthless foes.
But what if the soul of one such hero could be called back from the
void, his bones housed again in flesh? An ancient prophecy foretold that
Skilgannon would return in his people's darkest hour. To most, this is a
foolish hope. But not so to Landis Kan. For years, as the power of the
Eternal grew, Kan searched for the tomb of Skilgannon the Damned. And at
last, he found it, gathering up the bones and performing the mystic
ritual.
But the reborn hero is an enigma: a young man whose warrior skills are
blunted and whose memories are fragmented. This Skilgannon is a man out
of time, marooned in a world as strange to him as a dream, remote from
all he knew and loved.
Or nearly all. Before bringing Skilgannon back, Landis Kan
experimented upon other bone fragments found in the hero's tomb. That
ritual resulted in a surly giant who possessed astounding strength, but
no memories. To Kan, he was a dangerous failure. But to Skilgannon, this
giant represented their last hope. For as the ageless evil of the
Eternal threatens to drown the Drenai lands in blood, two legendary
heroes will once again lead the way to freedom.
