Centuries After Connavar'S Triumphant Battles Against The Invading Army Of Stone Gained The Rigante Their Freedom, The Clan Finds Itself Oppressed Once Again. Magic That Once Flourished Has Been All But Snuffed Out. The Varlish King And His Barons Have Stolen Rigante Lands And Robbed The People Of Their Culture And Liberty. From The Rigante'S Former Seat Of Power The Black-Hearted Moidart Rules; Only In The North Are The Clansmen Free. There, In The Druagh Mountains, The Magic Still Reigns, Strengthened By Bold, Brilliant Victories Of The Outlaw Leader Known As Ravenheart. In The South, Civil War Has Drenched The Land In Blood, And The Armies Of Destruction Are Slowly Creeping North Where Ravenheart Waits, Believing The Armies Of Hated Moidart Will Come, Led By The Brutal Ruler'S Only Son, Stormrider. Ravenheart And Stormrider: Enemies Of Uncommon Courage, Are Unaware That The Fate Of Their World Lies In Their Hands. Both Are Destined To Be Heroes, But One Of Them Is Doomed. For A Secret Lost In The Uncharted Past Has Returned To Haunt These Two Warriors As They Face, Not Only The Malice Of Powerful Men, But The Vengeance Of An Ancient Evil, Rising From The Bloodshed To Slake Its Thirst. As Immense Armies Of Darkness Advance, It Seems As If Nothing Will Stop Them. They Crush Their Enemies With Ease, Until Only A Few Thousand Highlanders Stand Before Them, With No Help In Sight. But These Are Not Ordinary Men. They Are Clansmen, And More Than That, They Are Rigante.
About the Author
Stella Gemmell has a degree in politics and is a journalist. She was married to the internationally acclaimed and bestselling fantasy novelist David Gemmell and worked with him on his three Troy novels, completing the final book, Troy: Fall of Kings, following his death in 2006. She lives in East Sussex. The City is her first solo novel.
Published in 1984, David Gemmell s first novel, Legend, has become a classic. His most recent Drenai and Rigante books and his acclaimed Troy trilogy were published as Bantam Press hardcovers and are available in Corgi paperback. All of his novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers.
Widely regarded as one of the finest writers of heroic fantasy, David Gemmell lived in East Sussex until his death in July 2006.
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