Author | David Gemmell |
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Cover artist | Luis Royo |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Drenai |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Arrow Books (p/b) Century (h/b) |
Publication date | 28 August 1986 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 320 (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 978-0-7126-9414-8 (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 Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf and Waylander III: Hero In The Shadows.
The 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]
Waylander The Slayer' is the main character of Waylander, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf and Hero in the Shadows. An anti-hero like the Earl of the Bronze in Legend, Waylander appears at first immoral, an assassin with only mercenary motivations, however is revealed through a series of flashbacks to be a tortured soul, once noble, and now seeking redemption for the singular evil act that defined his legend - the regicide of Niallad, a kind-hearted and well-loved Drenai King.[8]