词条 | Waylander (novel) |
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| name = Waylander | title_orig = | translator = | image = Waylander.jpg | caption = 1st 1986 paperback cover | author = David Gemmell | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = Drenai | genre = Fantasy | publisher = Orbit | release_date = 28 August 1986 | media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback) | pages = 320 (first edition, hardback) | isbn = 978-0-7126-9414-8 | isbn_note = (first edition, hardback) | oclc= 16681980 | preceded_by = The King Beyond the Gate | followed_by = Quest for Lost Heroes }} Waylander is a fantasy novel by British writer David Gemmell, published in 1986.[1][2][3][4] It is the first of three Waylander stories,[5] followed by In the Realm of the Wolf and Waylander III: Hero In The Shadows. Plot summaryThe assassin Waylander is doomed to travel the world in search of revenge against those who killed his family.[6] After allying with a priest, a fellow assassin, a young woman and three children in her charge, Waylander gradually redeems himself and tries to save the kingdom that he plummeted into chaos.[7] References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Machell|first1=Ben|title=The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth|work=The Times (London)|publisher=Times Newspapers Limited|date=5 May 2012}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Waylander (Novel)}}{{1980s-fantasy-novel-stub}}2. ^{{cite news|title=Author David Gemmell dies, aged 57|work=M2 Best Books|publisher=Normans Media Ltd.|date=31 July 2006}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=The Dragon Index: The UK's Top Adult Fantasy Authors|work=The Times|publisher=News International Access Services Limited|date=5 May 2012}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Fantasy Writer David Gemmell Dies at 57|work=UPI NewsTrack|publisher=United Press International|date=29 July 2006}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Gemmell, David: The Swords of Night and Day|work=Kirkus Reviews|issue=72.4|publisher=Kirkus Media LLC|date=15 Feb 2004}} 6. ^{{cite journal|last1=Doherty|first1=David|title=History as it Ought to Have Been: the Arthurian fantasies of David Gemmell|journal=Extrapolation|date=Spring 1999|volume=40|issue=1|page=71}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Tideswell|first1=Martin|title=Treasured Books Fueled our Imagination: Martin Tideswell revisits some books that were his favorites growing up|work=The Sentinel (Stroke)|date=9 March 2013}} 4 : 1986 British novels|Fantasy novels|Drenai|Novels by David Gemmell |
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