Midnight Falcon

On the face of it, this novel seems like little more than a rousing tale of swords and sorcery with a faux-historical sheen. But it's more, and better, than that simple description would indicate. David Gemmell's Rigante series (at least in the first two volumes) seems akin to the (excellent) fantasy of Guy Gavriel Kay - places from real-life history, re-named and fictionalized, become the settings for epic adventures rich... Read Full Review

David Gemmell's Midnight Falcon is the second book in the Rigante series and is about the bastard son of Connavar. The life of the Bastard bane takes you from the lonely life of an angry teenager to the exciting world of battle in the life of a gladiator. Throughout the book Bane's hatred for his father is the one thing that drives him on but his fait rests in the balance of the Seidh and between the bitterness between father... Read Full Review

First of all I must confess to being a huge Gemmell fan. I love his style of writing. All Gemmell fans acknowledge 'Legend' as his finest novel, as despite it's flaws (of which there are many), it comes straight from the heart and is so pure that you cannot help but love it.Midnight Falcon is the work of a more experienced author and while the story is not unlike many of his other tales, somehow this time the formula is... Read Full Review

Once I started Midnight Falcon I had real problems putting it down. The plot flows nicely on from the previous book in the Rigante Series with plenty of action all the way. Buy this book and you won't regret it.

Midnight Falcon is the masterful sequel to A Sword In The Storm.Twenty years down the line, Bane the bastard son of Demonblade, King of all Keltoi, Connavar, a name of legend discovers his true self in the city of Stone.This book tells us of his first love, his training to be the best. David Gemmell proves himself again as a master writer. However, many of the small details in the book are repeated in his previous novels... Read Full Review