While it does have a relatively simple approach it is seriously compelling stuff and I thoroughly enjoyed myself reliving it and will no doubt devour them all once more. It’s a heady mix of military fantasy with a fair amount of magical mayhem and mysterious shamen all mixed in. His opponent, Ulric of the Nadir is very much Gemmell’s Genghis Khan figure. This grizzled veteran is a warrior of the hugest renown and when he is called upon to defend a mighty fortress against all the odds a fantastic siege results.
This particular saga is centred around the legend that is Druss of the Axe, also known as, among other things “Deathwalker”. You won't find Abercrombie's complex characters here, this is straight-up bite-yer-bum fantasy with heroic deeds and figures – in the best possible way of course. They reflect some of the naiveté prevalent in the genre at the time. Rather than being a single story split over a number of parts they are rather more like the Norse sagas with stories separated by generations within the same overall milieu.
They are pretty much classics of the genre albeit rather different in structure from other fantasy series that I experienced. These books have achieved near legendary status in my mind from when I read them decades ago in my formative years.
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