Feeling Satanic

Wolf in Shadow by David Gemmell

The Dark Tower comparisons are obvious. Two stories about a loner, a religious man with a personal moral code, on a quest for something of great significance. Both protagonists gunslingers. Both of them already a good way into their quests when we first meet them. Two worlds that have moved on. Stories littered with references to our own world, popular culture and histories.

So, it's going to be hard to look at this story objectively :)

As ever, Gemmell's stories are a joy to read. Relentless adventure that picks you up and carries you along until you reach the end. Worlds and characters that stick in your head long after you finished, demanding that you read the next story in the sequence as soon as possible.

This is the first non-Drenai book of Gemmell's that I've read, and it's reassuring to discover that he's not a one-trick pony. It's still quest-fantasy, but it's deeper and darker, the issues that he raises more challenging.

Jon Shannow will be compared to Roland Deschain. It's inevitable. I don't guess it's a bad thing. I found him to be a likeable enough protagonist though. His supporting cast were fairly well-rounded and Batik I liked especially.

Later . . .