Legends 2: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell by Ian Whates


Legends 2: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell
Title : Legends 2: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell
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ISBN : -
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 224
Publication : First published January 1, 2015

Determined warriors, hideous creatures, wicked sorceries, tricksy villains and cunning lovers abound as fantasy’s finest imaginations do their best and their worst...

In November 2013, NewCon Press released Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell. We are now delighted to unveil a second volume of original stories from some of the world’s leading fantasy authors written in honour of one of the genre’s greats. As before, Legends II will act in part as a fundraiser for the David Gemmell Awards.

Contents
1.Introduction – Stan Nicholls
2.The Blessed and the Cursed – Gav Thorpe
3.A Rescue – Mark Lawrence
4.The Lowest Place – Edward Cox
5.The Giant’s Lady – Rowena Cory Daniells
6.An Oath Given – John Gwynne
7.The Singer – Stella Gemmell
8.Sandrunners – Anthony Ryan
9.Smokestack Lightning – Gavin Smith
10.Oak – Lou Morgan
11.An Owl in Moonlight – Freda Warrington
12.Heaven of Animals – John Hornor Jacobs
13.The Iron Wolves: Retribution – Andy Remic
14.About the Authors


Legends 2: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell Reviews


  • Mark Lawrence

    RIP to
    Andy Remic, one of my fellow authors in this anthology, who died yesterday.

    I'm going to take down my copy and read his story.

  • J.P. Ashman

    On hold as I enjoy having it to pop back to now and then.

  • Johanna

    I really loved two of the stories, six had some good twist or were otherwise good ones and then there were four that weren't really amazing.

  • Todd Ross

    Legends II was an anthology I purchased because it had stories from 2 authors that I've really liked lately, Anthony Ryan and Mark Lawrence. Both of their stories were very good, even if Mark Lawrence's was on the really short side.

    This wasn't a very large anthology compared to most of the recent fantasy anthologies I've read, but it makes up for that with mostly great short stories.

    My only major complaint and the reason I deducted one star was that many of the stories didn't really fit with the theme that I was expecting. I imagined this to be stories that would remind the reader of David Gemmell in some way. In reality, that wasn't the case at all for the majority of the stories.

    While I really enjoyed the anthology, it was pretty short and you could probably buy Blackguards instead for a similar price and get a lot more stories in a similar vein.

  • Paul

    A short but interesting Anthology. A good mix of authors I love.
    I do love Horner Jacobs Zombie herding as an idea and it is worth the purchase alone.
    Plus this book supports the Gemmell awards which I'm a big fan of.

  • Monika

    Amazing

    Just one unbelievable collection! I love every single story in this book. Each of them different, each great piece of read. Thank you!

  • Happy Readergirl

    An Oath Given by John Gwynne - 5/5

  • Danesha

    Super

    Wonderful collection of fantasy. A very enjoyable read entertaining and engaging read. Great contribution from a great line up of authors.

  • te_lanus

    I was given this book in exchange for an honest review.

    I liked the stories contained in this anthology. The story tellers really made the stories come to life.I did find that one or two of the stories was on the short side, and a story here and there that didn't remind me of David Gemmell's writing.

  • River George

    Enjoyable

    Enjoyable read. Would recommend this if you have limited time and want a quick read. . . . . .