BOOK REVIEW: Legend (David Gemmell)

Book : Legend

Author: David Gemell

Rating: 8.5/10

Recommended Age: 13/14+


Another great book by David Gemell. Set again ,as in Waylander and others of his books, in the medieval land of Drenai and centuries after the events in Waylander.
 It follows the  fight against the Nadir as Ulric the Uniter sweeps through the lands with a hoard of millions. Faced with near certain doom due to lack of troops and training due to bad desicions the biggest fortress in the world  Dro Delnoch is all that stands between  Nadir conquest and Drenai survival. Defending it is hopeless , with less than a quarter of the troops needed and faced with half a million savages  it appears the fortress must fall to the one thing it was built to keep out.

In Desperation the commander sends out a message to the one person who may be able to help. Druss the Legend, Captain of the Axe.


A Hero, undefeated his exploits world renowned. But he is not a young warrior any more  he is a grizzled old man in the mountains to stubborn to die, fighting his own battle against death itself.

Now he travels to Dros Delnoch. He is a symbol of resistance, a hero and with his help Delnoch must stand as long as possible.  With 6 massive walls and a keep if they had the troops there wouldn't be a problem. But now it's just a matter of time  until the Nadir breach the walls. It's a hopeless mission but the longer they last the longer the rest of the Drenai can have gathering and training a proper army.


Druss the legend is not going down without a fight. and the Nadir may find it harder than they thought to enter the fortress with the old Deathwalker there waiting.


But can the Drenai prevail? will they hold back the hundreds of thousands of savages long enough? or will they fail in the first assault?

Druss is fighting the biggest battle of his life with soldiers and farmers alike all fighting to survive and keep the Nadir off the walls.




Another Great book by David Gemell. He is a brilliant writer and all his books that I've read have been gripping and adventurous the whole way through. you don't want to put them down.  Legend is a great book. It is similar in some ways to his other books but what I like about Gemell is that all his stories are connected and similar whilst still being different enough to make each book individual.

This books a great read and look on this site to find more reviews of his books.


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The Devonain Book Reviewer

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