“This bow I held had killed many men, and it had power, dread power, in its ebony stock.”

— David Gemmell , book Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

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Drenai series, Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf

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British author of heroic fantasy 1948–2006

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