David Gemmell shines when he writes warriors, no two ways about it. Lord of the Silver Bow is an adventure story set in and around Troy, before the Trojan war. Our protagonist is called Heliakon, a merchant (he doesn't like his first name

On my reading list, this book had the note "Big heroic classic fantasy", and that's exactly what it is. Big damn heroes doing heroic things. The aging hero coming back one more time, the hopelessly besieged city, the … young fated couple

Second part of the Troy series, and I'm a bit less impressed (but still happy to read on!). Three new main characters are thrown into the mix (Andromache's lover, plus Kalliades and Banokles), in addition to the already established Helikaon

Solid, but also rambling and less tight than the previous books. More nods towards names you already know, but that didn’t add too much in themselves, more as a nudge-nudge, wink-wink, like having one of the women in last-minute bow-trainin