Hero in the Shadows
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- Author：David Gemmell
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Summary
Thousands of years ago the city of Kuan Hador， a place steeped in evil， was defeated by a vast army of mystic warriors， the Enemy banished beyond the Gateway between Worlds。 Spells of enormous power sealed the Gateway。
Now， in the Duchy of Kydor， two thousand miles from the lands of the Drenai， icy mists begin to form around the ruins of Kuan Hador。 Awesome Beasts stalk the hills and forests。 The spells are fading， the days of blood drawing nearer。
Beyond the Gateway the vengeful armies of Kuan Hador await。
And where years before a host stood against the Enemy， now only a handful of warriors prepare to face it once more。 Kysumu the Swordsman， last of a dying breed， Yu Yu Liang， the ditch digger， Ustarte， the Beast-Priestess， and the mysterious Waylander。 Together they must solve an ancient mystery， which will bring the dead to life for a final battle outside Time。 But first Waylander must find a way to kill a man who cannot die。
Now， in the Duchy of Kydor， two thousand miles from the lands of the Drenai， icy mists begin to form around the ruins of Kuan Hador。 Awesome Beasts stalk the hills and forests。 The spells are fading， the days of blood drawing nearer。
Beyond the Gateway the vengeful armies of Kuan Hador await。
And where years before a host stood against the Enemy， now only a handful of warriors prepare to face it once more。 Kysumu the Swordsman， last of a dying breed， Yu Yu Liang， the ditch digger， Ustarte， the Beast-Priestess， and the mysterious Waylander。 Together they must solve an ancient mystery， which will bring the dead to life for a final battle outside Time。 But first Waylander must find a way to kill a man who cannot die。
Reviews
Joetta
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Warning！ This book will cause you to lose sleep。
Camille Gauthier
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most excellent book that I have ever read
Glynis
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I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book。
TAMMY RICHARD
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Excellent Fantastic writer！ These stories are enthralling throughout the entire book。。 I look forward to reading them all。 Thanks for the great stories 💜
Todd
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This is the last of 3 Waylander novels。 He has a tragic past which made him into the man he is today。 He's been a soldier， a farmer and an assassin。 Now he's just trying to get by。 A terrific series， with sorcery， swords， betrayal victories and defeats。 This is the last of 3 Waylander novels。 He has a tragic past which made him into the man he is today。 He's been a soldier， a farmer and an assassin。 Now he's just trying to get by。 A terrific series， with sorcery， swords， betrayal victories and defeats。 。。。more
Neil
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Action adventure at its bestDavid Gemmell is my favourite author so I was both looking forward to rereading this book for the first time in twenty-one years， but also slightly concerned as to how it would compare to more recent fantasy novels I have read。It would be fair to say that the description of action scenes is not as detailed as many I have recently read， however， what is written is so precise and concise it is very easy to visualise what is being described。The characters are also well v Action adventure at its bestDavid Gemmell is my favourite author so I was both looking forward to rereading this book for the first time in twenty-one years， but also slightly concerned as to how it would compare to more recent fantasy novels I have read。It would be fair to say that the description of action scenes is not as detailed as many I have recently read， however， what is written is so precise and concise it is very easy to visualise what is being described。The characters are also well visualised and rounded out and very engaging。The story is an entertaining fast paced adventure， with a good mixture of action， humour， horror， heroism and many nuggets of thought provoking wisdom。Still a great read。 。。。more
Xabi1990
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Leído （y escrito el comentario） en 2013。 Ahí va:Tercer libro de la saga y nada nuevo que comentar， salvo que mantiene el interés como si fuese el primer libro de la misma。 Es más， creo que de momento este es el qe más me va gustando。No hay nada radicalmente nuevo en la historia pero es una lectura sencilla， agradable y que es altamente adictiva。 ¿se puede pedir más a una obra de Fantasía？。 Bueno， sí， si se puede， pero esta novela no da personajes demasiado creíbles ni historias demasiado origina Leído （y escrito el comentario） en 2013。 Ahí va:Tercer libro de la saga y nada nuevo que comentar， salvo que mantiene el interés como si fuese el primer libro de la misma。 Es más， creo que de momento este es el qe más me va gustando。No hay nada radicalmente nuevo en la historia pero es una lectura sencilla， agradable y que es altamente adictiva。 ¿se puede pedir más a una obra de Fantasía？。 Bueno， sí， si se puede， pero esta novela no da personajes demasiado creíbles ni historias demasiado originales。 Ni falta que la hace。Mencionar que si habla de mundos paralelos （¿eso no era CF？。 Ja， ja） y salen híbridos mezclados de humanos y animales。 Olé！Y añadir que los personajes de la novela tampoco están mal dibujados。 Cierto que no es Orson Scott Card， pero a mí me parecen más que dignos para una obra en la que no hay diez líneas seguidas de reflexiones de personajes。 Y， no nos engañemos， si queremos personajes "con cuerpo" son necesarias esas reflexiones sesudas。Resumen， que me enrollo : ¿Te gusta la Fantasía？。 ¿Si？。 Pues este te gusta， aunque sea un tercer volumen。 Voy raudo a por el cuarto 。。。 。。。more
Mac Bogert
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Maybe the best of the bunchWaylander finally is able to find peace。 This book has some fascinating twists and turns as well as the usual distinctive， very human and memorable cast。 Loved it without reservation。
Stuart McClung
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A brilliant taleAs with all David’s book this does not let you down。 This book will be added to my collection of books I could and will read again and again。
Gatogreebo
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Me parece una pasada， muy buen ritmo， muy buena historia y un final q te hace daño en la patata。。。 Magnífico
Steve
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Excellent and a great ending。 Very satisfying。
Keith Warren
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Another brilliant tale from the master of heroic fantasy。It's hard to not repeat myself when discussing David Gemmell books so far。 The general themes seem to be similar。 Overcoming fear， doing the right thing regardless of the consequences， sacrifice。 It never feels like a record on repeat though， each time they're told in a natural way because these are things that encompass a lot of people。 Some have fears of social situations and become frozen in place for example。Like many of his books I'll Another brilliant tale from the master of heroic fantasy。It's hard to not repeat myself when discussing David Gemmell books so far。 The general themes seem to be similar。 Overcoming fear， doing the right thing regardless of the consequences， sacrifice。 It never feels like a record on repeat though， each time they're told in a natural way because these are things that encompass a lot of people。 Some have fears of social situations and become frozen in place for example。Like many of his books I'll likely think about the events of this book for days/ weeks or even months to come。 Especially the ending， which I will only say is perfect。9。5/10See this and other reviews + my own average stories at https://keithwarrenwriter。com 。。。more
alan cupitt
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Great readAgain David Gemmil has wrote another great read 。The drenia tales go on more to come I hope from a master writer
sarah McConnell
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Fab readBrilliant。 Love these drenai books。 Hope to get them all， eventually。 Cannot put them down once I start one of them。
AJS
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Not as solid as his previous books， but not a bad read。 He's just done it better and more creatively in previous ones。 One interesting thing was connecting a few previous novel chains together。 Not as solid as his previous books， but not a bad read。 He's just done it better and more creatively in previous ones。 One interesting thing was connecting a few previous novel chains together。 。。。more
Derick Parsons
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Pretty GoodA good writer of possibly over-flavoured melodrama。 Emotive and tending towards the sentimental， his heroes and villa s tend to be both human and impossibly noble。 Men are just men， and unstoppable killing machines like Druss and Waylander irritate me a bit。 But then you have characters like Yu-Yu， who are both ordinary and heroic， which I like。
Book collector
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The first paragraph is more of a general overview of the author。 Feel free to skip to the second paragraph for a bit about the book itself。 I first read David Gemmell in 1989， spotting a copy of his first book， Legend and deciding to try it。 I wasn't a huge fantasy fan but a favourite author of mine is Robert E。 Howard， the creator of the sword & sorcery genre so I was interested in finding new fantasy authors。 Or more specifically new heroic fantasy authors。 There is a distinction between the t The first paragraph is more of a general overview of the author。 Feel free to skip to the second paragraph for a bit about the book itself。 I first read David Gemmell in 1989， spotting a copy of his first book， Legend and deciding to try it。 I wasn't a huge fantasy fan but a favourite author of mine is Robert E。 Howard， the creator of the sword & sorcery genre so I was interested in finding new fantasy authors。 Or more specifically new heroic fantasy authors。 There is a distinction between the two。 Put simply in heroic fantasy if you see an elf - kill it！ I always struggled with the more twee fantasy authors so Howard's work was a gods' send （multiple gods being a common factor in heroic fantasy。） David gemmell ticked the boxes for me。 His work is very well written。 His characters compelling， flawed， dangerous and not always destined to live。 The stories are told slowly building up from violent incident to violent incident but with a wealth of characterisation along the way。 Magic play a huge role in his books with sorcerers and witches weaved throughout the plots。 Not all of the books follow this format。 Some are set in a future world， some in a distant almost recognisable past。 Some take historic characters and weave fantasy into their lives。 His final trilogy， the Troy series takes a more pure historical approach， giving us a "what was the reality behind the myth" story。 Recently two books were released， one unpublished work and another first published under another name。 The first has a fantasy element the other is a pure gritty novel of crime。 I have enjoyed his books over the many years they were published。 Some I enjoyed more than others， which is to be expected but all were well crafted stories。 His characters live on harsh， unforgiving worlds。 Violent death is a constant companion。 But death walks on one side and honour on the other。 Unexpected characters become heroes as honour is reborn。 Gemmell is an author I continue to reread to this day and I still find his as work enthralling as I did when I first read him thirty years ago。Great stuff again。 Waylander returns in this brilliant book completing a loose trilogy of waylander stories published over many years。 。。。more
Alan Welch
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It does not matter how many times I read David Gemmell's books， I enjoy them every time！ It does not matter how many times I read David Gemmell's books， I enjoy them every time！ 。。。more
Charles
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This is book 9 of 11 in the Drenai series by Gemmell。 This completes the series for me since I've already read 10 and 11。 There is a series within the series， a three book arc for the assassin character， Waylander。 This is the third and final book in that sub-series。 The first Waylander book， by that title， was and remains my least favorite of Gemmell's books and it was mainly because I just didn't like the character。 But he may have had this arc in mind， and both book 2 （In the Realm of the Wol This is book 9 of 11 in the Drenai series by Gemmell。 This completes the series for me since I've already read 10 and 11。 There is a series within the series， a three book arc for the assassin character， Waylander。 This is the third and final book in that sub-series。 The first Waylander book， by that title， was and remains my least favorite of Gemmell's books and it was mainly because I just didn't like the character。 But he may have had this arc in mind， and both book 2 （In the Realm of the Wolf） were quite good。 This was the best of the three。 I've still got a few Gemmells around the house and am parceling them out to myself since there won't be any more。 Gemmell was a tremendous writer and died way too soon in a surgical mishap。 He is missed。 。。。more
Philip
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One of my favourite books ever， I love how Waylander develops through his series and becomes such a huge hero。
Kunal
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Ending to the tale of the Waylander， a bitter sweet tale。Its a story of good vs evil。 It tells of what one man's grit & determination can achieve。Its a tale of a man wanting to be with this loved ones in the end。 Ending to the tale of the Waylander， a bitter sweet tale。Its a story of good vs evil。 It tells of what one man's grit & determination can achieve。Its a tale of a man wanting to be with this loved ones in the end。 。。。more
Adam Ellison
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 That ending。。 In the new world were Dakeyras never became Waylaner。。Knowing Dardalion never will get out of that cage probably tortured too death A World where the 30 never came too beMiriel/Krylla/Danyal probably raped & murdered
Joe Govan
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Awesome The best waylander yet！ A beautiful ending to an epic tale。 Although all the Drenai books are great the waylander trilogy and extra incredible。
Phil
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Another epic tale in the Drenai Saga！ The Waylander and an odd assortment of friends must stop basically the gates of hell opening and destroying the world。 Crisp prose and and excellent plotting keeps the story moving along nicely。
Viridiana Blint
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Loved this one ！Even if I kept reading Vagria as Viagra。 :'） Loved this one ！Even if I kept reading Vagria as Viagra。 :'） 。。。more
Zura Andguladze
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4，5。 სიუჟეტი მარტივი გამოსაცნობია， მაგრამ კითხვის ინტერესს არ კარგავ და კარად იკითხება მაინც。 Logen Ninefingers-ი WayLander-ის პროტოტიპია。 “Nothing that walks or breathes is more deadly than the Gray Man。” ძალიან კარგი დასარული და ეპილოგი აქვს :3
Baron Rothschild
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Great read。 I love to reread great books。。。for me。
Ignacio Senao f
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De esta primera trilogía este es el mejor， a merecido mucho leer los otros para llegar al presente。 En este tenemos al Hombre de gris que es lo más parecido a una leyenda， alguien q aparece de la nada y mata a quien aparezca sea y quiénes sean。 Tras máscara un grupo de bandidos uno de sus pueblos este señor les dará caza rápidamente。 Tras este prólogo un ejército proveniente del infierno viene para acabar con todos。 Habrá q unir fuerzas！
Henry Keen
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BrilliantThe end of a truly brilliant trilogy。 If you like fantasy。。。not the kiddie stuff; then I promise you will love Waylander。 Enjoy！！！
Angela
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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 an 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 and excitedly awaiting each new instalment。 My reading buddy hadn’t read the series before， but has also enjoyed discovering David Gemmell’s work/s。 。。。more
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