Legend (Drenai)

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Man alone, it seems, lives all his life in the knowledge of death. And yet there is more to life than merely waiting for death. For life to have meaning, there must be a purpose. A man must pass something on -otherwise he is useless.” Legend, David Gemmel's debut novel, was published in 1984. My copy is from 1987, so it's actually 36 years since I first and last read it. I went on to read a whole bunch of his books and hugely enjoyed them. I count several of them among my best reading experiences.

Hastings Writers' Group". nawg.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006 . Retrieved 27 November 2007. And yes, anyone could write a book with such a character. We have an incel sub-culture at the moment that seems to view women as alien and forbidding too. So the character is not unrealistic [I AM NOT SAYING DRUSS IS AN INCEL]. But it does seem that this attitude pervades the men in the book. Apart from the earl's wife the only other women I can recall who gets any 'screen time' is a staggeringly beautiful young lady who seduces then murders men, gets Druss naked for a regular massage, and has very pronounced daddy issues about him.

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Overcoming great obstacles and succeeding is not compelling enough. Fighting, failing, and dying knowing that your name will be remembered isn't even heroic enough. The true hero, is the one who fights against that which he knows he cannot possibly defeat. Not for the remembrance of his name, or the glory of his cause, but for himself. Humans often die for one another. A mother takes a gang member's bullet to save her child, a man on life-support wants the plug pulled so his heart can be transplanted to save another, or a soldier dives upon a grenade to save his squad mates. What makes one case more heroic than the next? What if nobody was around to recognize such sacrifice?

He knows how to push emotional buttons. When I was starting to think about the mechanics of writing he was the first author I looked hard at and said 'how is he making me feel like this?' So, returning to Legend I read it very swiftly (for me) taking only 3 days compared to my normal month+ per book. Gemmell's writing is very easy to read (and that's a considerable skill - a bad writer is hard to read). He doesn't push the prose envelope, just gets the job done. I noticed a doctor sweeping away "the debris of pain" as a rare flourish.

I love epic fantasy <3 Fantasy books rarely let me down and “The Legend” sure didn’t. Opening such a book I look for a promise from the author, I want to dive into the rich, picturesque world, intriguing narrative, and of course gripping characters with true to life personalities (and of course with names I have difficulties to pronounce :D) That’s what I seek for in my fantasy reads 😊 Coming from a staunch socialist family, Gemmell carried banners and campaigned for eventual Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the 1960s, although he nevertheless admitted a grudging alignment with Thatcherite policies on issues of foreign policy, especially the Falklands Conflict, [2] and with Reaganite views on East- West relations. [3] Writing career [ edit ] In 1984, Century Communications produced Legend, a video game for the ZX Spectrum based on the novel. This marvellous debut heroic fantasy, the book is from 1984 but it still reads as fresh now as then, is the 1st volume of the "Drenai Saga" series, from the author, the late David Gemmell. You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy; the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.