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A review by dmcke013
Fall of Kings by David Gemmell
4.0
The final part in [a:David Gemmell|11586|David Gemmell|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1202771023p2/11586.jpg]'s 'Troy' trilogy, this was also the final book he ever wrote, as he passed away (in 2006) before it was finished by his wife [a:Stella Gemmell|449135|Stella Gemmell|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1445242460p2/449135.jpg] and published in 2007.
As evidenced by the title, this particular volume deals with events leading up to and the actual fall of the city of Troy itself, with the Trojan Horse largely responsible (still) for this fall, but having a more mundane explanation than in the legend.
The same characters appear in this version: Agamemnon, Odysseus and Hektor chief among them, with supporting work by Cassandra and both Andromache (Hektor's wife) and Helikaon proving to be more prominent than I remember from that legend (both of whom were also prominent in the first two entries in this series i.e. [b:Lord of the Silver Bow|257149|Lord of the Silver Bow (Troy, #1)|David Gemmell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320398841l/257149._SY75_.jpg|3063259] and [b:Shield of Thunder|44011|Shield of Thunder (Troy, #2)|David Gemmell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327931505l/44011._SY75_.jpg|1270028]). There's also room for some of the cast of those earlier novels (such as Banokles or Gershom), but this particular entry, I felt, was not so much about them as about the 'power players' (if you will) of Hektor, Achilles and Odysseus.
As evidenced by the title, this particular volume deals with events leading up to and the actual fall of the city of Troy itself, with the Trojan Horse largely responsible (still) for this fall, but having a more mundane explanation than in the legend.
The same characters appear in this version: Agamemnon, Odysseus and Hektor chief among them, with supporting work by Cassandra and both Andromache (Hektor's wife) and Helikaon proving to be more prominent than I remember from that legend (both of whom were also prominent in the first two entries in this series i.e. [b:Lord of the Silver Bow|257149|Lord of the Silver Bow (Troy, #1)|David Gemmell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320398841l/257149._SY75_.jpg|3063259] and [b:Shield of Thunder|44011|Shield of Thunder (Troy, #2)|David Gemmell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327931505l/44011._SY75_.jpg|1270028]). There's also room for some of the cast of those earlier novels (such as Banokles or Gershom), but this particular entry, I felt, was not so much about them as about the 'power players' (if you will) of Hektor, Achilles and Odysseus.