Dark Moon, (Paperback)

from Bridgey

Dark Moon - David Gemmell **** After Tolkien, Gemmell is my author of choice for fantasy. I have read a number of his books and rarely been let down. Dark Moon was no exception and anyone that is familiar with the author will know what to expect. The basic storyline follows a fantastical world th...

from iftyzaidi

No one can accuse Gemmell of being a good writer. His dialogue is clunky, his turns of phrase trite, his descriptions dull, and his cod-philosophising groan-inducing. Yet more often than not, a Gemmell novel turns out to be more than the sum of its parts and that is certainly the case here. His c...

from Karlstar

A bit different than the usual Gemmell, but still the typical themes are found in this one - the troubled, dark hero and his companions and opponents. Sometimes working together and sometimes apart, they have to save humanity from unbeatable aliens, while learning that violence isn't the answer t...

from nickhoonaloon

The difference between Gemmell at his best and Gemmell at his worst is quite a large one, so I`m glad to say that this, imo, is one of his best. Writers of heroic fantasy like Gemmell are an easy target for negative critics, and it is trues he `likes his bread buttered both sides` (as we say roun...

from SonicQuack

There's a huge amount of content squeezed in to the singular tome of Dark Moon. Other authors would have stretched this out in to a trilogy, however in Gemmell's deft hands an epic struggle for a survival is tidily contained between two covers. Every character has their own arc, ranging from the ...