“Kings are chosen by the Source, so it is said … Therefore those who fight for the king can be said to be godly. Is that not cause enough?”

—  David Gemmell , book Stormrider

Source: Rigante series, Stormrider, Ch. 2

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British author of heroic fantasy 1948–2006

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