David Gemmell
Paperback | Pages: 640 pages Rating: 4.32 | 7871 Users | 131 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Swords of Night and Day |
| ISBN: | 0552146781 (ISBN13: 9780552146784) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Drenai Saga #11, The Damned #2, Ciclo Drenai (chronological order) #13 , more |
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Even in death, Skilgannon the Damned's name lives on. Now, as an ancient evil threatens to flood the Drenai heartlands in a tide of blood, he returns...A thousand years after they fell in battle, two heroes - Druss and Skilgannon - are revered throughout the war-torn lands of the Dernai, where men and women live in abject fear of the dark sorceress known as the Eternal...
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 was a foolish hope. But not so to Landis Kan. Having found Skilgannon's ancient tomb, he gathers up the bones and peforms 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 back Skilgannon, Landis Kan had 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 is a dangerous failure. To Skilgannon, this giant represents their last hope.
As ageless evil threatens to drown the Drenai lands in blood, two legendary heroes will once again lead the way to freedom.
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| Title | : | The Swords of Night and Day (The Drenai Saga #11) |
| Author | : | David Gemmell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 640 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2005 by Corgi (first published April 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Heroic Fantasy |
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Ratings: 4.32 From 7871 Users | 131 ReviewsCriticism Out Of Books The Swords of Night and Day (The Drenai Saga #11)
This book, as with the series as a whole, is just good, solid, entertaining fantasy. It is not very often you can have an eleven book series and hit solidly on every book, Gemmell does it with this series and this book fits right in.4 StarsI have really enjoyed revisiting this book/series. I chose this series as part f my reading challenge for this year, and as a buddy read with one of my colleagues. Even though the first book in the series was released in 1984 (and the latest in 2000) the series has pretty much stood the test of time. It is a fantastic action adventure fantasy- with superb characters and brilliant world building, which brings the whole story/series to life.I have fond memories of discovering this series
Emotionally drained. Phefuckinomenal! I believe a nap is in order.
The Swords of Night and Day (The Drenai Saga #11), David GemmellThe Swords of Night and Day is a fantasy novel by David Gemmell, as well as a pair of legendary swords within the book. They also appear in Gemmell's book White Wolf. The book is set 1000 years following the death of Olek Skilgannon. Both swords are mirror polished and extremely sharp, both having been enchanted by the Old Woman. The Sword of Day is golden in colour while the Sword of Night is silver. Intended as inferior copies of
An interesting story, really about Skillgannons' redemption more than anything else. I loved the ending.
4.5 starsThe novel is good. It's just that I didn't warm towards Skilgannon and Jiana. I still haven't moved on with the 10th novel, and maybe that's why.
I believe this is the final work of The Drenai Saga. It ends well and through a confluence of events ties together multiple themes and eventualities from his preceding books. It presents a clean conclusion and unlike some other series, the is little ambiguity in the conclusion.I enjoyed reading the series and my minor quibbles with the style or story line have little bearing in my overall appreciation of the gift that David Gemmell gave to me through his writing.
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