<p><b>''THE HARD-BITTEN CHAMPION OF BRITISH HEROIC FANTASY''</b> - Joe Abercrombie <br><br><b>''HEROISM AND HEARTBREAK . . . GEMMELL IS ADRENALINE WITH SOUL'' </b>- Brent Weeks <br><br>The Drenai fortress of Dros Delnoch has fallen and blood hungry Nadir hordes sweep across the land, bringing desolation and despair. But, with the Nadir triumphant, slavers seize a young girl in the tiny realm of Gothir and a peasant boy sets off on a quest that will shake the world.<br><br>To rescue her, Kiall must cross the savage steppes and journey through the Halls of Hell, facing ferocious beasts, deadly warriors and demons of the dark.<br><br>But the boy is not alone. With him are the legendary heroes of Bel-Azar: Chareos the Blademaster, Beltzer the Axeman and the bowmen Finn and Maggrig.<br><br>And one among them hides a secret that could free the world of Nadir domination. For he is the Nadir Bane, the hope of the Drennai.<br><br>He is the Earl of Bronze.<br><br><u>Novels by David Gemmell</u><b