Knights of Dark Renown

my absolut totally favorite - great story beautiful ideas just the best I ever read in fantasy

What a classic title!

Not a bad book. Be warned there are a lot of characters and they have some straigh names so it's hard to keep them all straight, but I think if you liked Lord of the Rings or the Sword of Sharron you will like this. Definately gearded towards men, too much rape for me, but they don't really describe it, just a brief sentense that it happened. The ending was very brief and to the point.

Loved the premise. Gemmell's themes of redemption, unlikely heroes, and battles against impossible odds are perhaps best executed here. It's only a pity that the ending (like most of his books) is contained in a single-page epilogue that raises more questions than it answers.

I enjoyed this book - interesting premise. I was a little disappointed that he never came back to this world as I thought the magic system was quite interesting.