Book description
High in the wooded, peaked mountains of Skeln, the woodsman, Dakeyras,
and his beautiful daughter Miriel, live a life of harmonious solitude.
Unbeknown to them, a group of grim-eyed, bloodthirsty warriors stalk the
mountains. Men who have never known defeat, to whom revenge and torture
are meat and drink. For ten thousand in gold they are eager to kill the
woodsman. Battle-hardened warriors all, they have no fear of this task -
they should have. For Miriel is a woman of fire and iron, skilled with
bow and blade and taught her skills by one of the deadliest killers of
all time… Her father, Dakeyras, better known as WAYLANDER THE SLAYER.
David Gemmell's first novel, Legend, was published in 1984 and he was
widely acclaimed as Britain's king of heroic fantasy. He died in July
2006.
