Cover of The King Beyond the GateB
FinishedDecember 29, 2013
GradeB
GenreFantasy
PublisherCentury, 1985
★ Review · December 29, 2013

The King Beyond the Gate

by David Gemmell


Publisher Description

Once the mighty fortress had stood strong, defended by the mightiest of all Drenai heroes, Druss, the Legend. But now a tyrannical, mad emperor had seized control of the fortress, and his twisted will was carried throughout the land by the Joinings --- abominations that were half-man, half-beast. Tenaka Khan was a half-breed himself, hated by the Drenai for his Nadir blood and despised by the Nadir for his Drenai ancestry. But he alone had a plan to destroy the emperor. The last heroes of the Drenai joined with him in a desperate gamble to bring down the emperor -- even at the cost of their own destruction.

Where this fits · 2013 reading log
Book 74 of 2013 · the 38th Fantasy read of the year.