Dark Moon

By David Gemmell

Book Overview

A captivating all-action tale of bloodshed and brotherhood by the Sunday Times bestselling author David Gemmell, perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, Duncan M. Hamilton and Nicholas Eames.

"Gemmell is top of the tree in the fantasy field." -- STARLOG

"Gemmell's great reading - the action never lets up. He's several rungs above the good - right into the fabulous " -- ANNE MCCAFFREY

"Gemmell is a master at what he does." -- SFX

"Amazing characters, a fantastic story and perfect pacing all combined into an absolute stunner of a novel." -- ***** Reader review

"Absolutely riveting stuff as expected from a master of his craft." -- ***** Reader review

"Gripping and well written, leaving you wondering till the end " -- ***** Reader review

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The peaceful Eldarin were the last of three ancient races. The mystical Oltor, healers and poets, had fallen before the dread power of the cruel and sadistic Daroth, who themselves had vanished from the face of the earth in one awesome night. The Great Northern Desert was their only legacy. Not a trace remained for a thousand years...

Then on one unforgettable day, a dark moon rose above the Great Northern Desert, and a black tidal wave swept across the land. In moments, the desert had vanished beneath lush fields and forests and a great city could be seen glittering in the morning sunlight.

From this city re-emerged the blood-hungry Daroth, powerful and immortal, immune to spear and sword. They had only one desire: to rid the world of humankind for ever.

Now the fate of the human race rests on the talents of three heroes: Karis, warrior-woman and strategist; Tarantio, the deadliest swordsman of the age; and Duvodas the Healer, who will learn a terrible truth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552142530
• ISBN13: 9780552142533
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Corgi
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.0" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Classic Gemmell

Another great stand alone book. This Story tell us of a troubled warrior who has to live with the demon inside him (literally). this demon is his brother and is the greatest swordfighter in the world... A trait that comes in handy when an ancient race of monsters is set free. The monsters are huge, whith natural body plate armor and two hearts...very hard to kill and they have a ataste for human flesh. Fortuantly our Hero makes some interesting frinedsz and efforts are made to recall another lost race of healers and majics to banish the fearsom monsters... All in all this is a wonderful book, and the type of thing i read and wonder why there are not movies made of Gemmells books. They move a great speeds and always have facinating characters... Buy this book if you like wonderful stand alone fantasy... and as a refreshing twist... not all the "good guys" will survive...

Please do another sequal with Tarantio and Dace

This was an excellent book with great charachters and well written (especially Tarantio and Dace)Please do a sequal for this book mr gemmell they are a couple of excellent characters with Dace the best swordsman in the land.But this book is a brilliant fantasy novel a must buy for Gemmell fans.

ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT

To put it simply: I loved it. That's all that is needed to say.~QT =:

Gemmel is in top form

The great thing about Gemmel is that he can give stock characters complexity and depth in unexpected ways with a few sentences whereas many authors would either require chapters and chapters of non-plot related details, or choose to just let plot and latent Tolkien addiction compel the reader along. Gemmel loves to show the good in bad characters and the bad in good. People you expect to live die, and people you expect to die live. Victories are rarely total or lasting, and no defeat is so overwhelming that it doesn't provoke some reaction or consequence. It gives his essentially fun and enjoyable books a depth and intensity that a lot of fantasy mind candy lacks, and Dark Moon is no exception. Sometimes Gemmel does have Deus Ex Machina endings where magic saves the day very quickly, and sometimes his heroes will have an introductory scene where they kill three or five thugs with unlikely ease, but by and large he is an exceptional Fantasy writer. *Dark Moon* is one of his best (along the lines of *Legend*, *Lion of Macedon*, *Ironhand's Daughter*, Knights of Dark Renknown*, *Echoes of the Great Song*, *Winter Warriors*, etc), and I highly recommend it.

Gemmell is a master!

I thought I had read all the Gemmell books until I recently vacationed in Victoria, British Columbia. I live in the SF Bay Area. I was perusing Munro's Bookstore when I stumbled on five books I had never seen before on US bookshelves, Dark Moon, The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend, The Legend of Deathwalker, Ironhand's Daughter and The Hawk Eternal. Needless to say, I snatched them up immediately. Dark Moon was the first book I read back in the states, and I loved it!!!! Again we are rewarded with memorable characters and a great storyline. Gemmell is the greatest writer alive today!