The Swords of Night and Day: A Novel of Druss the Legend and Skilgannon the Damned

Withmythicsweepandepicscope,DavidGemmell'sbestsellingnovelsofmagicandadventurefeaturebroodingheroeswhofighttopreserveallthatisgoodandhonorableinthemselvesandintheworldsthroughwhichtheystridelikelonelygiants.Intimesofterroranddespair,theirsaretheswordsthatcarveashiningpath,inspiringotherstofollow.Evenaftertheirdeaths,theirnamesliveon....Athousandyearsaftertheyfellinbattle,twoheroes—DrussandSkilgannon—arereveredthroughoutthewar-tornlandsoftheDrenai.YetmenandwomenliveinabjectfearoftheJoinings,abominablemeldingsofmanandbeast,andoftheirmistress,thedarksorceressknownastheEternal.Nonecanstaveofftheseruthlessfoes.Butwhatifthesoulofonesuchherocouldbecalledbackfromthevoid,hisboneshousedagaininflesh?AnancientprophecyforetoldthatSkilgannonwouldreturninhispeople'sdarkesthour.Tomost,thisisafoolishhope.ButnotsotoLandisKan.Foryears,asthepoweroftheEternalgrew,KansearchedforthetombofSkilgannontheDamned.Andatlast,hefoundit,gatheringupthebonesandperformingthemysticritual.Buttherebornheroisanenigma:ayoungmanwhosewarriorskillsarebluntedandwhosememoriesarefragmented.ThisSkilgannonisamanoutoftime,maroonedinaworldasstrangetohimasadream,remotefromallheknewandloved.Ornearlyall.BeforebringingSkilgannonback,LandisKanexperimenteduponotherbonefragmentsfoundinthehero'stomb.Thatritualresultedinasurlygiantwhopossessedastoundingstrength,butnomemories.ToKan,hewasadangerousfailure.ButtoSkilgannon,thisgiantrepresentedtheirlasthope.ForastheagelesseviloftheEternalthreatenstodrowntheDrenailandsinblood,twolegendaryheroeswillonceagainleadthewaytofreedom.