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'''''The King Beyond The Gate''''' is a [[fantasy novel]] by [[David Gemmell]]. It was published in 1985. It was the second book published by Gemmell, after ''[[Legend (novel)|Legend]]'', published a year earlier. The book is set in the same fictional world as ''Legend'', that of the [[Drenai]], but is not a sequel in the usual sense as the events of the two books take place around a century apart. Thus the main protagonists of ''Legend'' are long since dead and play little part in ''The King Beyond the Gate'', other than passing mentions. This set a precedent for the entire Drenai series, in which very few characters appear in more than one novel, the gaps between novels sometimes running to centuries, giving a more epic, historical flavour to the series.
'''''The King Beyond The Gate''''' is a [[fantasy novel]] by [[David Gemmell]]. It was published in 1985. It was the second book published by Gemmell, after ''[[Legend (Gemmell novel)|Legend]]'', published a year earlier. The book is set in the same fictional world as ''Legend'', that of the [[Drenai]], but is not a sequel in the usual sense as the events of the two books take place around a century apart. Thus the main protagonists of ''Legend'' are long since dead and play little part in ''The King Beyond the Gate'', other than passing mentions. This set a precedent for the entire Drenai series, in which very few characters appear in more than one novel, the gaps between novels sometimes running to centuries, giving a more epic, historical flavour to the series.


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==

Revision as of 18:49, 28 July 2013

The King Beyond the Gate
AuthorDavid Gemmell
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDrenai series
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherCentury
Publication date
1985
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Paperback & Hardback)
Pages415 pp (first edition, paperback)
Preceded byLegend 
Followed byWaylander 

The King Beyond The Gate is a fantasy novel by David Gemmell. It was published in 1985. It was the second book published by Gemmell, after Legend, published a year earlier. The book is set in the same fictional world as Legend, that of the Drenai, but is not a sequel in the usual sense as the events of the two books take place around a century apart. Thus the main protagonists of Legend are long since dead and play little part in The King Beyond the Gate, other than passing mentions. This set a precedent for the entire Drenai series, in which very few characters appear in more than one novel, the gaps between novels sometimes running to centuries, giving a more epic, historical flavour to the series.

Synopsis

The King Beyond the Gate takes place a century after Legend takes place. The Drenai are under the rule of Ceska, a usurper of the throne who over time has become a mad emperor. Ceska rules with an iron fist, with the Joinings and the Dark Templars as his tools of terror. The Joinings are horrifying werebeasts, made by merging man and animal, and the Dark Templars are priests of darkness, with power beyond compare. Thus it falls to one man to overthrow the tyrant--- Tenaka Khan.