The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend - David Gemmell

*The Story* In this book by David Gemmell the story starts in a village where Druss lives. Druss is not well liked in the village but is supported by the love of his wife Rowena. One day while Druss and the other men from the village were chopping wood a man named Harib Ka and a master swordsman named Collan came to the village and killed or enslaved everyone within. Druss' father was one of those injured and with his dying breath he told druss to fetch the family battle axe which belonged to druss' grandfather named Bardan. Bardan was a insane madman and neither Druss nor his father knew the axe was possessed by a demon. The axe was called ...  Read the complete review