Series
The Drenai Saga
David Gemmell · 10 novels · 3 novellas · 1 short story · 1 collection · 1984–2004
David Andrew Gemmell was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, Legend. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore themes of honour, loyalty and redemption. There is always a strong heroic theme but nearly always the heroes are flawed in some way. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell worldwide.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Skilgannon the Damned(2 works)
- Omnibus editions(4 editions)
Map
The Drenai Saga at the centre, 1 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s3
- 1990s9
- 2000s3
Shape
10 novels · 3 novellas · 1 short story · 1 collection
1 author · completed series
reads like:fantasyredemptionsecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
This series sits where the catalog sits — its mood is the corpus average.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book14 of 15 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Demon in the Axedarkest · calmest
- Quest for Lost Heroesbrightest · most intense