This new heroic fantasy in Gemmell's engrossing Drenai series takes place immediately before his first published novel, Legend (1984), but stands well on its own. Skilgannon, swordmaster and former ...

David Gemmell's Rigante series comes to a close with the fourth book, Stormrider. Like its predecessors, it focuses on the title character, which is different in each book. While there are several ...

Gemmel’s Legend became one of the most important British fantasy novels of the 1980s - Per Lindgren/Shutterstock In 1976, journalist David Gemmell received the devastating news that, at age 27, he ...