Quest for Lost Heroes [Import] [Paperback]

David Gemmell (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 316 pages
• Publisher: LEGEND; later printing edition (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099643405
• ISBN-13: 978-0099643401
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,779,070 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Gemmell was born in London, England, in the summer of 1948. Expelled from school at sixteen, he became a bouncer, working nightclubs in Soho. Born with a silver tongue, Gemmell rarely needed to bounce customers, relying instead on his gift of gab to talk his way out of trouble. This talent eventually led him to jobs as a freelancer for the London Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, and the Daily Express. His first novel, Legend, was published in 1984 and has remained in print ever since. He became a full-time writer in 1986. His books consistently top the London Times bestseller list.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gemmell at his finest..., January 30, 2001

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Brad Smith (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quest for Lost Heroes (Drenai Tales, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

I could've sworn I already wrote this up. Oh, well.

Chronologically, this is set after The King Beyond the Gate, and before Winter Warriors, making it the next-to-last book in the Drenai Saga. It is set in New Gulgothir, the pitiful remnant of the Gothir nation, that we first saw the Nadir crush at the beginning of Legend.

In this novel, a boy's quest to rescue a fellow villager from slavers crosses that of Chareos, Maggrig, Finn, and Belzer, the four survivors of an epic stand against the Nadir horde, led by Tenaka Khan. Ever since, the mysterious circumstances of that survival have dogged them, and now they learn the vast cosmic reason for their survival.

This is, in my opinion, Gemmell's second best novel (only to be bettered by Legend). He writes best about how people go about dying...not the "littering of bodies", necessarily, but the decisions and reasons people make, and the circumstances they face, and how they present themselves. It's an utterly beautiful novel, and it sets up another great story that's itching to be told.

I heartily recommend this novel.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Excellence, August 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Quest for Lost Heroes (Drenai Tales, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

Having read most of Gemmell's excellent novels, this novel especially shines as one of my favorite novels in the series, as well as in the entire fantasy genre. Gemmell is without a doubt one of the best authors in the fantasy genre. Highly recommend this novel, as well as the rest of the Drenai Saga Series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best all-time books I've read, July 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Quest for Lost Heroes (Drenai Tales, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

David Gemmell creates characters you start off disliking but in the end you cry for. I got so caught up in this book i could barely but it down. I recommend this book to everyone. It's a great book. I've read it twice.