White Wolf
core novel 2003 The Drenai Saga
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.32 (11,304 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 589 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345458322 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
Skilgannon, a former military commander of considerable renown, has retreated into monastic life in search of peace after years of bloodshed he can no longer justify to himself. His hard-won solitude is interrupted when turmoil elsewhere in the realm draws him back out into the world, leading him to cross paths with the aging Druss the Legend and to accept a mission to rescue a friend and her young daughter from danger. As Skilgannon is pulled back toward the kind of violence he had sworn to leave behind, he must reckon with whether redemption is something a man like him can still hope to find.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Drenai Saga
- Series: The Drenai Saga core; position 10 of 11 in the series' recorded order
- Author: David Gemmell
Notes
- From the series record (The Drenai Saga): Publication order differs sharply from internal chronology (recorded per book in internal chronology).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Drenai Saga: position 10 of 11: previous Hero in the Shadows (2000) · next The Swords of Night and Day (2004)
- Internal chronology, within The Drenai Saga: position 6 of 11: previous The Legend of Deathwalker (1996) · next Legend (1984)
Sources
← The Drenai Saga dossier · All universes
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