Lotus666
06-08-09, 10:52 PM
Lord Destroyer did this review in 2003...
White Wolf is another installment in David Gemmell's Drenai saga. This one features the legendary axeman, Druss, as he seeks to reunite a missing child with her father.
It makes sense to read the Drenai saga in chronological order so you can understand what's going on better.
In chronological order, the Drenai saga is as follows (counting White Wolf):
Waylander
In the Realm of the Wolf
Hero in the Shadows
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (sub-books 1 -3)
The Legend of Deathwalker
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (sub-book 4)
White Wolf
Legend
The King Beyond the Gate
Quest for Lost Heroes
Winter Warriors
Anyway, the plot also focuses on Skilgannon - a swordsman known as The Damned. He carries two mystical swords and he carries a heavy burden in his heart for what happened at the city of Perapolis. On top of that, he is wanted by the Naashanite queen, Jianna, because he left her service and took the swords with him - she dabbles in enchanted weapons and armor to the point that she's known as the Witch Queen.
He tried to get away from it all by becoming a priest, but he was constantly haunted by a dream of him finding a white wolf, but it vanishes the second he draws his swords. He finds out a lot later the white wolf represents all that is good about him and the enchantment his swords carry seek to overwhelm his goodness and turn him into a heartless killer.
He has to escort a priest to the fortress city of Mellicane and crosses paths with Druss - a legendary hero and powerful axeman in his own right. By this time, Druss is nearly fifty and has been a widower for almost 5 years.
The quest to retrieve the missing child winds up becoming a search for one of Druss's comrades, named Orastes, and finding a temple in some mountains that appears to not be there during the day, but is visible during the night. Druss and Skilgannon eventually cross paths with another swordsman, referred to many as Ironmask. Ironmask takes great pleasure in torture and maiming others. It turns out Ironmask is somebody that Skilgannon allegedly killed years ago.
All in all, the latest installment in the Drenai saga by David Gemmell makes for good reading and is vivid to the point the characters seem to come alive.
I give it - 9.5/10.
White Wolf is another installment in David Gemmell's Drenai saga. This one features the legendary axeman, Druss, as he seeks to reunite a missing child with her father.
It makes sense to read the Drenai saga in chronological order so you can understand what's going on better.
In chronological order, the Drenai saga is as follows (counting White Wolf):
Waylander
In the Realm of the Wolf
Hero in the Shadows
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (sub-books 1 -3)
The Legend of Deathwalker
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (sub-book 4)
White Wolf
Legend
The King Beyond the Gate
Quest for Lost Heroes
Winter Warriors
Anyway, the plot also focuses on Skilgannon - a swordsman known as The Damned. He carries two mystical swords and he carries a heavy burden in his heart for what happened at the city of Perapolis. On top of that, he is wanted by the Naashanite queen, Jianna, because he left her service and took the swords with him - she dabbles in enchanted weapons and armor to the point that she's known as the Witch Queen.
He tried to get away from it all by becoming a priest, but he was constantly haunted by a dream of him finding a white wolf, but it vanishes the second he draws his swords. He finds out a lot later the white wolf represents all that is good about him and the enchantment his swords carry seek to overwhelm his goodness and turn him into a heartless killer.
He has to escort a priest to the fortress city of Mellicane and crosses paths with Druss - a legendary hero and powerful axeman in his own right. By this time, Druss is nearly fifty and has been a widower for almost 5 years.
The quest to retrieve the missing child winds up becoming a search for one of Druss's comrades, named Orastes, and finding a temple in some mountains that appears to not be there during the day, but is visible during the night. Druss and Skilgannon eventually cross paths with another swordsman, referred to many as Ironmask. Ironmask takes great pleasure in torture and maiming others. It turns out Ironmask is somebody that Skilgannon allegedly killed years ago.
All in all, the latest installment in the Drenai saga by David Gemmell makes for good reading and is vivid to the point the characters seem to come alive.
I give it - 9.5/10.