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Hero in the Shadows

A Waylander the Slayer Novel

A Waylander the Slayer Novel

By David Gemmell

By David Gemmell

By David Gemmell

By David Gemmell

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Part of Drenai Saga

Part of Drenai Saga

Category: Epic Fantasy

Category: Epic Fantasy

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Oct 03, 2000 | ISBN 9780345432254 *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

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Jun 08, 2011 | ISBN 9780307797575

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    About Hero in the Shadows

    The ruined city of Kuan Hador reeks of dark mystery. Shunned by brigands and merchants alike, it is home to fearsome wild things and legends that freeze the blood–tales that speak of slavering white beasts, locked behind a powerful wall of spells, who possess an insatiable appetite for death. Millennia have passed since they were bound, and the spell of imprisonment has begun to fade. Soon the foul minions will be free to wreak a horrible vengeance against all that lives.

    But no army waits to oppose them, only a ragtag group of unlikely heroes. Leading them is the mysterious Gray Man, an enigmatic figure with a blood-drenched past who has killed for principle and for payment–a man of destiny known throughout the lands of the Drenai as Waylander the Slayer . . .

    About Hero in the Shadows

    The ruined city of Kuan Hador reeks of dark mystery. Shunned by brigands and merchants alike, it is home to fearsome wild things and legends that freeze the blood–tales that speak of slavering white beasts, locked behind a powerful wall of spells, who possess an insatiable appetite for death. Millennia have passed since they were bound, and the spell of imprisonment has begun to fade. Soon the foul minions will be free to wreak a horrible vengeance against all that lives.

    But no army waits to oppose them, only a ragtag group of unlikely heroes. Leading them is the mysterious Gray Man, an enigmatic figure with a blood-drenched past who has killed for principle and for payment–a man of destiny known throughout the lands of the Drenai as Waylander the Slayer . . .

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    About David Gemmell

    David Gemmell’s first novel, Legend, was first published in 1984 and went on to become a classic. His most recent Drenai and Rigante novels are available as Corgi paperbacks; all are Sunday Times bestsellers. Widely regarded as the finest writer… More about David Gemmell

    About David Gemmell

    David Gemmell’s first novel, Legend, was first published in 1984 and went on to become a classic. His most recent Drenai and Rigante novels are available as Corgi paperbacks; all are Sunday Times bestsellers. Widely regarded as the finest writer… More about David Gemmell

    Product Details

    Category: Epic Fantasy

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Del Rey
    Oct 03, 2000 | 416 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780345432254

    Category: Epic Fantasy

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Del Rey
    Jun 08, 2011 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9780307797575

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    Praise

    "Everything a fan of heroic fantasy could desire."
    –STEPHEN DONALDSON

    "I am truly amazed at David Gemmell’s ability to focus his writer’s eye. His images are crisp and complete, a history lesson woven within the detailed tapestry of the highest adventure. Gemmell’s characters are no less complete, real men and women with qualities good and bad, placed in trying times and rising to heroism or falling victim to their own weaknesses."
    –R. A. SALVATORE
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    "Gemmell is very talented; his characters are vivid and very convincingly realistic."
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