Ravenheart : The Rigante Book 3: an Action-Packed and Gripping Read from the Master of Heroic Fantasy

It is eight hundred years since the legendary King Connavar defeated the army of Stone. The Rigante are now a conquered people, living under the iron rule of the Varlish, their customs despised, their culture all but destroyed. One woman remains who follows the ancient paths once trod by the Rigante. She is the Wyrd of Wishing Tree Wood, and she alone knows the nature of the evil soon to be unleashed on a doomed world.

In a perilous land, her hopes are pinned on two men: Jaim Grymauch, the giant Rigante fighter, a man haunted by his failure to save the friend he loved from betrayal, and Kaelin Ring, a youth whose deadly talents will earn him the enmity of all Varlish. One will become the Ravenheart, an outlaw leader whose daring exploits will inspire the Rigante. The other will forge a legend and light the fires of rebellion.

The third in the compelling Rigante series, Ravenheart has everything fans of heroic fantasy can wish for — and then some.

Published in 1984, David A. Gemmell’s first novel, Legend, has become a classic. His subsequent novels have included Bloodstone, Waylander and In the Realm of the Wolf. Gemmell’s latest novels, The Legend of Deathwalker, Dark Moon, Winter Warriors, Echoes of the Great Song, Sword in the Storm and Midnight Falcon have all been published by Bantam Press. His most recent novel, Hero in the Shadows, was a Sunday Times bestseller. A full-time novelist since 1986, he lives in East Sussex.