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| Original Title: | Quest for Lost Heroes |
| ISBN: | 0345379047 (ISBN13: 9780345379047) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Drenai Saga #4, Ciclo Drenai (chronological order) #11 |
David Gemmell
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 291 pages Rating: 4.09 | 8420 Users | 140 Reviews
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| Title | : | Quest for Lost Heroes (The Drenai Saga #4) |
| Author | : | David Gemmell |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 291 pages |
| Published | : | May 31st 1995 by Del Rey (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Heroic Fantasy. Epic Fantasy |
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The Drenai stronghold had fallen. Now blood-hungry Nadir hordes spread desolation and despair across all the lands......even tiny Gothir, where slavers seized a young girl while the villagers looked the other way--all but the peasant boy Kiall. His unlikely rescue attempt would lead across the savage steppes and on through the Halls of Hell. The youth would face ferocious beasts, deadly warriors, and demons of the dark; he would emerge a man--or not emerge at all.
But Kiall would not face these dangers alone. Heroes out of legend joined his quest: Chareos the Blademaster, Beltzer the Axeman, and the bowmen Finn and Maggrig. And one among their company hid a secret that could free the world of Nadir domination. That one was the Nadir Bane, the hope of the Drenai. That one was the Earl of Bronze.
Thus did a search for a stolen slave girl become a quest that would shake the very world.
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Ratings: 4.09 From 8420 Users | 140 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books Quest for Lost Heroes (The Drenai Saga #4)
I have read a lot of fantasy books through the years. Recently, it seems the trend is toward endless series, each volume of which is the size of War and Peace. Refreshingly, Gemmell tells his stories in much fewer pages, and his stories end up being some of the most well-written in modern fantasy literature.One thing I love about Gemmell is how his stories are all self-contained. They have definite endings and you can finish one, knowing you won't have a cliffhanger forcing you to rush out andQuest for Lost Heroes is only the second fantasy novel by David Gemmell that I have read. I should probably read more. I remember the first one, Legend, as being realistic and gritty. Prior to my reading of Game of Thrones, I thought it captured the filth and stench of medieval life better than anything I had read. I liked the fact that Gemmell captured heroism without glorifying battle and that he didnt oversimplify the quests of his protagonist(s) with nationalistic/racist slogans. His
Final rating: 4.5/5 starsOh boy. Where do I even start. I know! Let's start with love.Uncoditional love...Brotherly love...Cofigthers love...Friendship love...Sibling love (and hate)...unrequited love...All of these are factors that gather one particular group to search for missing captive women, or in this case, only one, Ravena. ► STORY: Kiall, from their village, cannot stand by and do nothing while their women are taken away, so he goes on quest and meets Chareos the Blademaster, Beltzer
Book 4 of the Drenai introduced more fantasy elements than I would have liked, but the story, characters, and writing are all still vintage David Gemmell. Absolutely excellent. I love the new host of "washed up" heroes, Chareos, Beltzer, Finn, and Maggrig. The Nadir with a tie-in to our friend from book 2, Tenaka Kahn, is also a strong element. The introduction of the Chinese power, Kiatze, from the west was great. I expect them to see more action in future novels in the series. A Quest for Lost
Talk about jumping into the middle of a series.. Okay, apparently, I read the first two books of this series a long time ago. However, I was able to jump into this one and not feel like I was missing anything. Really-- this was was almost a stand alone story.I remember meeting the big axe wielding hero from the earlier books... so I was not completely lost. The big battle that made the guys our heroes was covered in those, but not reading them probably would not affect the reader too terribly.
Did Gemmell ever write a bad book? I've made it my business to find out, and so far, so good. QUEST FOR LOST HEROES is another in his Drenai saga which began with the excellent LEGEND and shows no signs of slowing down at this stage.As the title would imply, this book adopts a quest/journey narrative and casts a band of ageing one-were-heroes as its leads. The story is slight and the characters fill out the usual archetypes, but as usual Gemmell uses this background as a springboard for his two
The few against the many. It was a time of heroes. This is the fourth Drenai novel, however, when it comes to the internal chronology of the saga, it is the eighth volume. This novel is proof that a book, despite its secondariness and being to a large extent a derivative, can be a very good read.The story takes place about twenty years after the events described in The King Beyond the Gate. After the fall of Dros Delnoch (presently Tanaka Castle) the Nadir flooded the Drenai lands, destroying,
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