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A review by dmcke013
The Swords of Night and Day by David Gemmell
3.0
The final entry in [a:David Gemmell|11586|David Gemmell|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1202771023p2/11586.jpg]' Drenai series of books, both in setting (1000 years after the events of [b:White Wolf|384962|White Wolf (The Drenai Saga, #10)|David Gemmell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328399924s/384962.jpg|1251299]) and in publication order.
For me, however, this never really gets over the elephant in the room: although it is (supposedly) 1000 years later than pretty much the majority of the rest of the Drenai books, there's no real change in society, technology or culture brought across: I was expecting, at least (for instance) the introduction of firearms to replace the close combat weaponry - i.e. swords, axes, etc - as the primary means of warfare.
This does, however, bring the story of Skilgannon and Jianna to an end (deliberately left open ended?), while it is always a bonus to get more of Druss!
Honestly? I think [b:White Wolf|384962|White Wolf (The Drenai Saga, #10)|David Gemmell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328399924s/384962.jpg|1251299] would have been a better place to end the series (although, obviously, Gemmell was not aware this would be his last when he wrote it) - mayhap future planned books would have returned to that setting? We'll never know ...
For me, however, this never really gets over the elephant in the room: although it is (supposedly) 1000 years later than pretty much the majority of the rest of the Drenai books, there's no real change in society, technology or culture brought across: I was expecting, at least (for instance) the introduction of firearms to replace the close combat weaponry - i.e. swords, axes, etc - as the primary means of warfare.
This does, however, bring the story of Skilgannon and Jianna to an end (deliberately left open ended?), while it is always a bonus to get more of Druss!
Honestly? I think [b:White Wolf|384962|White Wolf (The Drenai Saga, #10)|David Gemmell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1328399924s/384962.jpg|1251299] would have been a better place to end the series (although, obviously, Gemmell was not aware this would be his last when he wrote it) - mayhap future planned books would have returned to that setting? We'll never know ...