Stormrider

Ravenheart and storider: heroes of uncommon courage; enemies to the death.


The Rigante are a conquered people. From their former seat of power the black-hearted Moidart rules; only in the north are the clansmen free. There, in the Druagh mountains, the outlaw leader known as Ravenheart waits as the Varlish armies of destruction creep slowly towards his stronghold, led by the Moidart’s only son, Stormrider.
Ravenheart and Stormrider 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 the vengeance of an ancient evil, rising from the bloodshed to slake its thirst...

$Gemmell is a fireside mythmonger; his characters and plots have the authentic feel of legends handed down through the ages".
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