White Wolf The Damned Series #1 David Gemmell Random House Publishing Group 2003

White Wolf The Damned Series #1 David Gemmell Random House Publishing Group 2003

Druss the Legend. Skilgannon the Damned had vanished from the pages of history.

No-one knew where he had gone, following the terrible triumph at Perapolis, and the assasins sent by the Witch Queen could find no trace of his passing. Three years later, a murderous mob gathers outside a monastery, faced by a single, unarmed priest. In a few terrifying seconds their world is changed for ever, and word spreads across the lands of the East Skilgannon is back.

Now he must travel across a perilous, demon-haunted realm seeking a mysterious temple and the ageless goddess who rules it. With assassins on his trail and an army of murderous foes ahead, the Damned sets off on a quest to bring the dead to life. But he does not travel alone.

The man beside him is Druss the Legend. In this tale of love, betrayal and treachery, in a world torn by war,White Wolfexamines the nature of heroism and friendship and the narrow lines dividing good and evil. From the Trade Paperback edition.