Wolf In Shadow by David Gemmell (Jon Shannow Novels: Book 1)

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Rating 8.5/10

Straightforward, HUGELY enjoyable fantasy in which Gemmell gives us another cracking lead character.

Armageddon had visited the world 300 years earlier and it is within this post-apocolyptic nightmare that we are introduced to the Jerusalem Man, Jon Shannow.

The Lord of the Pit has taken Shannow's woman for blood sacrifice and the deadly warrior in now on their trail and intend on revenge.

David Gemmell once again gives us a fast-paced, action-packed adventure that is thankfully devoid of any unecessary narrative or world-building.

This is a great look into how Gemmell believes the world may look thousands of years in the future. It is not the science fiction vision of advanced technology and planet colonisation but a terrifying look at how the world could so easily return to barbarianism.

This style of fantasy is sadly not as popular as it once was. It is heavy on the action but never at the expense of the characters. David Gemmell gives you just enough information to make them real but does not go into such depths so as to leave the reader losing the all important storyline. Also, in Jon Shannow, Gemmell gives yet another fantastic hero to rival Druss and Waylander.

Straightforward, HUGELY enjoyable fantasy in which Gemmell gives us another cracking lead character.

Wolf in Shadow (Jon Shannow Novel) (Amazon.co.uk)

Author: David Gemmell
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
Publication date: 1987-12-10
Publisher: Orbit

RRP: £7.99
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The first book in David Gemmell's classic series of Jon Shannow novels.
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Wolf in Shadow (Jon Shannow Novel) (Amazon.co.uk)

Author: David Gemmell
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
Publication date: 1987-12-10
Publisher: Orbit

RRP: $14.45
Lowest new price: $8.06
Lowest used price: $2.09

It is three hundred years since the world toppled on its axis, and civilisation was destroyed. In this savagely reshaped world ruled by brigands and war-makers, a rider seeks a lost city. Pursuing a dream to calm the violence in his soul, Jon Shannow, the brigand slayer, desires only peace. But from the Plague Lands emerges a fresh terror. The Lord of the Pit and his hellborn army seek to plunge mankind into a new satanic era. Seemingly invincible, they make a fatal mistake. They take Shannow's woman for blood sacrifice. And find themselves facing the deadliest warrior of the new age. Jon Shannow - The Jerusalem Man.
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