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The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend Drenai Tales Book 6 David Gemmell Books

'The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend' is the long-awaited prequel to Legend, Book 1 of David Gemmell's Drenai Series. This book takes a realistic look at the life of Druss, the man behind all of the epic ballads and sagas. The legends say that Druss rescued fair princesses from vile dragons, but this was never the case. This book details some of Druss's greatest accomplishments in 4 Parts. His quest to find his kidnapped wife Rowena, his demonic axe Snaga, the Chaos Warrior, and the battle of Skeln Pass...

Characters:
The legends depict Druss as a dashingly handsome dragon slayer and Rowena was a princess of astonishing beauty. But the truth is not as poetic as the legends. Druss is a simple man with a fairly unattractive flat face, who has a warrior's instincts and a gift when it comes to wielding an axe. He lives by a simple, but rigid code of honor and a thirst for battle. During a raid, his wife, a farm girl, was kidnapped and he travels halfway across the world to rescue her. Not for her beauty or a king's ransom, but because she is the woman that he loves.

Writing Style:
David Gemmell's Writing Style is epic. His settings are majestic, the action is fierce, and his characters are gritty and likeable. Although this book is about dispelling exaggerated sagas and tales of old war heroes, the characters and deeds are still very heroic. When you learn the truth behind the legends, the legends seem like silly fairy tales when compared to the actual events.

Pacing:
This book would have been better if it was just a "rescue the girl" story, but instead it skips around quite a bit and feels a bit rushed. The book is very good, but it just doesn't flow well and feels a bit anti-climactic.

Action:
As with all Gemmell Books, this is loaded with visceral action. There are fist fights, duels, skirmishes, castle sieges, field battles, etc... This book has just about every type of action you can imagine and it's all hard hitting and gritty.

Maturity:
This book is for adults. There's graphic violence and non-graphic sex and rape.

Overall:
I wouldn't say this is David Gemmell's best book, but if you ever wanted to know the truth behind Druss the Legend, then you will really enjoy it.

If you enjoyed this book, you should read other books by David Gemmell, especially: Legend, Waylander, Winter Warriors, The Knights of Dark Reknown, and the Rigante books! You may also enjoy the original Conan stories of Robert Howard, the fantastic Cale Trilogies by Paul Kemp, or the First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.


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The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend Drenai Tales Book 6 David Gemmell Books Reviews

This is not just a book. It is THE way every Man should live, given the abilities and oportunity. And even so, if you don't find yourself in the plains of Drenai, with the strength of a young bull, there is a lot to take away. At least for me, that is.
I had read Legend a long time ago and decided to back to this franchise and read the "prequels".
This is a very good book just like Legend, it's hard to put it down. English is not my native language but I can read this one very well.

This is a must to anyone who liked Legend
Druss, quite simply a character possessing all of the traits missing in modern society. Courage, conviction, a moral code and still just a man, but a character who chooses the right thing to do. One of my all time fav books
Great item! Description true, was happy when I opened the package. ) David Gemmell had a gift that is super rare!
Happy, thank you. R.I.P. David Gemmell
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend by Davvid Gemmell is the 6th book in the Drenai Tales. While this book is part of the larger Drenai saga it is also a prelude to Mr. DdGemmell's first Drenai book titled Legend. In Legend, Mr. Gemmell tells the tale of a long retired hero coming back for one more go at it. In this book Mr. Gemmell tells `some' of the tale leading up to the creation of the legend that is Druss.

Fans of Mr. Gemmell's previous work, particularly Legend, will be immediately drawn into this book. It is Gemmell at his best. The story of Druss has long been discussed and hinted at, yet never before has it been told as a story in and of itself.

The plot of this book is rather simple. A young Druss is away from his village when slavers attack and take all the young women, his new wife included. He sets off on a journey across the world to get her back. Every action he does is only to get him closer to finding his wife. Of course, along the way he fights, many fights, and encounters various people that seek to helps him (or hinder him at times). There are really very few sub-plots in this book. Usually, that would detract from the book, but Mr. Gemmell is able to pull it off as this book is about Druss and what made Druss the Deathwalker he later became known as.

This book is really all about the character development of Druss. While Mr. Gemmell was able to shown the reader how Druss became Druss the Legend, there are a few instances where it was obvious Mr. Gemmell had more to say, but due to page limits and editor choices things were removed. When you read one of these sections it feels like you made a huge leap in the story and have no idea what you read. There are no less than four such instances where a chunk of the story is missing. While this is irritating, overall the book is still very good. My other point of contention is the time frame of this story. Due to the chunks missing, at times it is hard to know how much time has passed from the initial start of the book.

Regardless, of all the above, I still found this book to be very enjoyable. Mr. Gemmell has a way of writing that allows the reader to be immersed in the book and story. He writes characters that are hard not to care about, and he does a fantastic job of conveying the angst that Druss is suffering from. Fans of Gemmell will no doubt enjoy this book as much as the others. People considering reading this would be best advised to read Legend first to have an idea of what is going on more so than just reading this book by itself. Fans of the fantasy genre who have not read Gemmell are doing themselves a great disservice and should really try at least Legend to see what they think. I will be sure to recommend Gemmell to people for years to come.
A great piece of heroic fantasy (9/10). The characters are iconic and set the standard for much other fantasy (8/10). The plot is good with a classic heroic climax, however it has a slightly strange lull before the final section (7/10). The last section seems like an extra short story that had no other place and although fun in and of itself feels like an appendix. The style is typically Gemmell and flows easily (7/10). Overall 7/10.
'The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend' is the long-awaited prequel to Legend, Book 1 of David Gemmell's Drenai Series. This book takes a realistic look at the life of Druss, the man behind all of the epic ballads and sagas. The legends say that Druss rescued fair princesses from vile dragons, but this was never the case. This book details some of Druss's greatest accomplishments in 4 Parts. His quest to find his kidnapped wife Rowena, his demonic axe Snaga, the Chaos Warrior, and the battle of Skeln Pass...

Characters
The legends depict Druss as a dashingly handsome dragon slayer and Rowena was a princess of astonishing beauty. But the truth is not as poetic as the legends. Druss is a simple man with a fairly unattractive flat face, who has a warrior's instincts and a gift when it comes to wielding an axe. He lives by a simple, but rigid code of honor and a thirst for battle. During a raid, his wife, a farm girl, was kidnapped and he travels halfway across the world to rescue her. Not for her beauty or a king's ransom, but because she is the woman that he loves.

Writing Style
David Gemmell's Writing Style is epic. His settings are majestic, the action is fierce, and his characters are gritty and likeable. Although this book is about dispelling exaggerated sagas and tales of old war heroes, the characters and deeds are still very heroic. When you learn the truth behind the legends, the legends seem like silly fairy tales when compared to the actual events.

Pacing
This book would have been better if it was just a "rescue the girl" story, but instead it skips around quite a bit and feels a bit rushed. The book is very good, but it just doesn't flow well and feels a bit anti-climactic.

Action
As with all Gemmell Books, this is loaded with visceral action. There are fist fights, duels, skirmishes, castle sieges, field battles, etc... This book has just about every type of action you can imagine and it's all hard hitting and gritty.

Maturity
This book is for adults. There's graphic violence and non-graphic sex and rape.

Overall
I wouldn't say this is David Gemmell's best book, but if you ever wanted to know the truth behind Druss the Legend, then you will really enjoy it.

If you enjoyed this book, you should read other books by David Gemmell, especially Legend, Waylander, Winter Warriors, The Knights of Dark Reknown, and the Rigante books! You may also enjoy the original Conan stories of Robert Howard, the fantastic Cale Trilogies by Paul Kemp, or the First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.