Midnight Falcon

core novel 2000 The Rigante

Record

First published	2000
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.32 (9,061 ratings, collected 2026-09-12)
First-edition ISBN	9780593037225
Internal chronology	2

Synopsis

Midnight Falcon continues the Rigante series with the story of Bane, the illegitimate son of the Rigante king Connavar, known as Demonblade. Marked out by mismatched eyes that echo his father's distinctive features, Bane grows up rejected both by Connavar and by much of his own community, carrying that rejection as a lasting wound. Seeking a place where he can belong, he travels overseas and briefly finds peace, only for that life to be destroyed by an enemy's actions, setting him on a path toward vengeance. He turns to the arenas, fighting as a gladiator and honing himself into a formidable warrior. As the Stone empire's armies once again threaten the highlands, Bane is drawn back toward his homeland, forced to weigh his desire for revenge against a growing duty to protect the Rigante people and the older, stranger powers tied to the land itself.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Rigante
• Series: The Rigante core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
• Author: David Gemmell

Notes

• From the series record (The Rigante): Completed 4-book series, published 1999-2002.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

• Reading order, within the series The Rigante: position 2 of 4: previous Sword in the Storm (1999) · next Ravenheart (2001)

Sources

• David Gemmell (English Wikipedia)
• Stormrider (English Wikipedia)
• The Rigante series listing (reader catalogue)
• https://davidgemmell.fandom.com/wiki/Midnight_Falcon
• Locus Index to Science Fiction (1999)

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