Legend (Drenai)

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Storytelling is of a superb quality, the story is wonderfully structured and executed as a whole, and all the characters come tremendously to life within this very exciting heroic adventure.

The origins for how Legend came to be unfortunately starts on a somber note. David Gemmell first got the idea for Legend in 1976 when he was diagnosed with cancer. To take his mind off of the dreadful news, he decided to try and write a story, which at the time was originally called “Against the Hordes”. The battle scenes in Legend involving fortress and the fending off of barbarian hordes was written as a metaphor for David battling cancer and the hardship, sacrifice, and love it takes to overcome such an obstacle. Fortunately for us, cancer was a misdiagnosis and upon several revisions Legend was born. Coming from a staunch socialist family, Gemmell carried banners and campaigned for eventual Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the 1960s, although he nevertheless admitted a grudging alignment with Thatcherite policies on issues of foreign policy, especially the Falklands Conflict, [2] and with Reaganite views on East- West relations. [3] Writing career [ edit ]Legend, it should be noted, was written at speed when Gemmell thought he was dying after receiving an erroneous cancer diagnosis. He wrote many books and his writing improved. I think the same improvement happens to many authors, myself included, but the nature of publishing success often means that it's our first book that sells most widely and is best remembered. Think of the men here as a rusty weapon which needs a warrior’s firm hand. It needs to be sharpened, honed, prepared. It’s useless else.”

Get rid of your doubts. Yesterday is dead. Past mistakes are like smoke in the breeze. What counts is tomorrow and every tomorrow...a b c d e Christopher Priest (2 August 2006). "Obituary: David Gemmell". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 November 2007.