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![]() | Hero in the Shadows (2000) (The ninth book in the Drenai series) A novel by David Gemmell |
| "Everything a fan of heroic fantasy could desire." Stephen Donaldson |
An evil city, banished into limbo, starts to reappear after a thousand years when the once powerful spells that held it start to wane.Everything has its season, and in Hero in the Shadows Waylander, the assassin hero of some of Gemmell's earlier books, is now a middle-aged man looking for peace in a world that will, for the most part, let him alone. The crimes of his past come back to haunt him, however, as he finds himself responsible for a young prince whose grandfather he murdered, and as creatures of doomed legend come back to rule the world with blood and horror. An ageing paladin, and a loud-mouthed braggart whom a magic sword has chosen, and a kitchen girl who is unusually handy with her knives become his allies, along with a priestess who is not telling all she knows, or all she is...Gemmell is one of the best writers of fantasy adventure and this new book is attractively gloomy in its atmosphere and has a pervading sense of the ironic. The action sequences are powerful and well-visualised--Gemmell always knows how a particular sort of fight would feel. And there are no simple morals here--most of the characters, heroic or villainous, exist in the grey hinterland between dark and light, where evil acts are often performed in sorrow and good actions often have mixed motives behind them. --Roz Kaveney
Genre: Fantasy
Genre: Fantasy
Used availability for David A Gemmell's Hero in the Shadows
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Hardback Editions
March 2000 : Hardback
| Title: Hero in the Shadows (Drenai books) Author(s):: David Gemmell ISBN: 0593044355 / 9780593044353 (UK or USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Press Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
March 2000 : Hardback
| Title: Hero in the Shadows: A Waylander the Slayer Novel Author(s):: David Gemmell ISBN: 0345432231 / 9780345432230 (USA edition) Publisher: Del Rey Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
Paperback Editions
October 2000 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Hero in the Shadows (Drenai Tales, Book 9) Author(s):: David Gemmell ISBN: 0345432258 / 9780345432254 (USA edition) Publisher: Del Rey Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
October 2000 : Paperback
| Title: Hero in the Shadows (Waylander) Author(s):: David Gemmell ISBN: 0552146749 / 9780552146746 (UK edition) Publisher: Corgi Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
March 2000 : Paperback
| Title: Hero in the Shadows Author(s):: David Gemmell ISBN: 0593044533 / 9780593044537 (UK or USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Press Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
Audio Editions
2000 : Audio CD
| Title: Hero in the Shadows Author(s):: DAVID A. GEMMELL ISBN: 0788798650 / 9780788798658 (USA edition) Publisher: RECORDED BOOKS, LLC Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
2000 : Audio CD
| Title: Hero in the Shadows Author(s):: David Gemmell ISBN: 1428165266 / 9781428165267 (USA edition) Publisher: RecordedBooks Availability: Amazon |
9999 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Hero in the Shadows: Featuring the Epic Hero Waylander Author(s):: David Gemmell ISBN: 184197143X / 9781841971438 (UK edition) Publisher: Clipper Audio Books Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
June 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: Hero in the Shadows: A Waylander the Slayer Novel (Drenai) Author(s):: David Gemmell ISBN: B0052FKASA Publisher: Del Rey Availability: Amazon |
May 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Hero In The Shadows (Waylander) Author(s):: David Gemmell ISBN: B003M5IKIY Publisher: Transworld Digital Availability: Amazon UK |
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