David Gemmell
Paperback | Pages: 415 pages Rating: 4.13 | 12507 Users | 224 Reviews
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| Title | : | The King Beyond the Gate (The Drenai Saga #2) |
| Author | : | David Gemmell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 415 pages |
| Published | : | August 21st 1986 by Orbit (first published 1985) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Heroic Fantasy. Epic Fantasy. High Fantasy. Sword and Sorcery. Adventure |
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A century has passed since the heroic defence of Dros Delnoch. But the people of the Drenai face a new terror: a mad emperor kept in power by two forces of unsurpassed evil. The Joinings are werebeasts of awesome power. The Dark Templars are warrior-priests whose fighting skills are without equal. Against them, the Drenai face certain defeat.One man, an outsider hated by the Drenai for his Nadir blood, and despised by the Nadir for his Drenai ancestry, sets out to bring down the emperor. He is one man against the armies of chaos.
He is Tenaka Khan - the Prince of Shadows.
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| Original Title: | The King Beyond the Gate |
| ISBN: | 1857236653 (ISBN13: 9781857236651) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Drenai Saga #2, Ciclo Drenai (chronological order) #10 |
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Ratings: 4.13 From 12507 Users | 224 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books The King Beyond the Gate (The Drenai Saga #2)
I finally managed to drag myself to the finish line on this. That it took me this long for such a short book is insane. If I didn't need this book for a couple of reading challenges I probably would've dropped this. I liked Legend better. This felt pretty much like a rehash of Legend's plot. While the book had some good, non-dialogue lines most of the actual dialogue between characters felt stilted. It didn't help matters that the author seems to be a fan of using exclamatory sentences...aMeh... huge disappointment. Started off great, but went slowly down the drain as the story progressed in the sense that it's a bit too similar to Legend. Three stars because I find Gemmell's style to be superb. Shame though.
This is mightily similar to the Legend, although, there are some interesting characters thrown in. Overall, the book is a fun and easy read. Although Gemmell writes some of the worst male/female interactions in existence.
There's a reason why the David Gemmell awards are called, the David Gemell awards All fantasy fans need to read these books. Granted it's only the second one I've read but they're already amongst my favourites. Gemmell writes about Valour, Pride and Friendship really well. I love that this story is epic in nature, but not in page number. Modern day authors might have stretched this one book out to a trilogy and milked it for everything. Absolutely amazing, already added the whole series to my
'How many of you are there?''One hundred only. But judge us not by our number. Rather, watch the numbers of dead we leave behind us.'Gemmell was a master at this kind of thing: rousing heroic fantasy with larger-than-life, but flawed, characters (often past their prime) in an interesting setting. The Drenai books are actually quite remarkable. The writing is to the point, but very effective, and Gemmells action sequences are the stuff of Legend (ho ho). Ahead, like dark demons out of the past,
I reread Legend for a group read, wanted to keep going Another book, another siege. I hesitate to say this, but here goes: these first three books of the Chronicles of the Drenai tend to blur together a bit for me. It's true The King Beyond the Gate's Tenaka Khan is very different from Waylander in some ways - but not in others; Waylander was in turn in some ways (though not others) strongly reminiscent of Druss. The overarching plotlines were different, the allies and enemies different, but
David Gemmell is one of my favorite authors of all time, but this book fell a little short. The biggest shortfall is that it is very similar to Legend, but it's not as good. All of the major elements that made Legend one of my favorite books are there, but they just aren't pulled off as well. The characters aren't as deep. The story isn't as engaging. The inspiration isn't as inspirational. The menace isn't as menacing. The battles aren't as awe-inspiring. None of these things would normally be
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