Author:David Gemmell
Ravenheart continues the tale of the Rigante. Packed with epic battles, hard, bloody steel, honour, magic and mystery, this heroic fantasy by the Sunday Times bestselling authorDavid Gemmellis perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, John Gwynne and Conn Iggulden.
'Characterization, always a strength in this writer's work, is even deeper and subtler. In the realm of people-driven, solidly plotted fantasy fiction, Gemmell set the standard' Time out
'Gemmell has every right to take his place among the SF and fantasy greats' SFX
'For me one of the best writers of this genre' ***** Reader review
'Fabulous storytelling, excellent characters, this is fantasy at its very best' ***** Reader review
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Eight hundred years have passed since King Connavar of the Rigante and his bastard son, Bane, defeated the invading army of Stone.
Connavar has since become a legend, and the Rigante have lost the freedom so many gave their lives to preserve. They live and die under the iron rule of the Varlish, their culture all but destroyed.
One woman still follows the ancient paths once trod by the Rigante, and she alone knows the nature of the evil soon to be unleashed on a doomed and unsuspecting world. She pins her initial hopes on two men: Jaim Grymauch, the giant Rigante fighter, and Kaelin Ring, a youth whose deadly talents will earn him the enmity of all Varlish.
One will become theRavenheart, an outlaw leader whose daring exploits will inspire the Rigante. The other will forge a legend and light the fires of rebellion.
The Wyrd knows that ultimately all hopes will rest on a third man. Of the bloodline of Connavar the King, he will need to overcome generations of fear and hatred if he is to achieve his destiny.
For he is a Varlish nobleman, and - worse - the son of the Rigante's greatest enemy . . .
Have you read Sword in the Storm and Midnight Falcon - the first two tales of the Rigante? Their story concludes in Stormrider.
'In the realm of people-driven fantasy fiction, Gemmell sets the standard'
—— Time Out'The blend of gentle humour and hard, bloody steel combine to give every fantasy fan what they most desire'
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—— Daily MirrorA 21st century Brief Encounter
—— Choice MagazinePersonal Days is amusingly spare, yet soon becomes something darker, aspiring perhaps to the unblinking horror of Joseph Heller's corporate schlub epic Something Happened
—— The ListI laughed until they put me in a mental hospital. But Personal Days is so much more than satire. Underneath Park's masterly portrait of wasted workaday lives is a pulsating heart, and an odd, buoyant hope
—— Gary ShteyngartThe narrative, a DeLillo-like, pellet - sized series of vignettes, rings true in its evocation of the paranoid weirdness of office life
—— ArenaA comic and creepy debut novel...Park transforms the banal into the eerie
—— New Yorkersketches so expertly; if you like this genre, he gets the tone just right
—— William Leith , Evening StandardPark's eye for the minutiae of office life is sharp... This is as funny as Seinfeld
—— Brandon Robshaw , The Independent on SundayChilling, compulsive, and hilarious
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—— Ben EltonQuite simply, the master of comic writing at work
—— Jane MooreTo pick up a Wodehouse novel is to find oneself in the presence of genius - no writer has ever given me so much pure enjoyment
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