![]() ![]() Unbeknownst to all but a few, demons have begun to haunt the imperial city of Usa, their malign influence driving men to commit atrocities. These include Banelion, the White Wolf, the legendary Drenai general, and three old friends: Nogusta the swordsman, Kebra the archer, and Bison the wrestler. Convinced that he needs young men to furnish him with further victories, Skanda unites the Ventrian and Drenai forces and forcibly retires all of the older Drenai soldiers. He has allied with his former enemies, including prince Malikada and his bodyguard and right-hand man, the master swordsman Antikas Karios. A man of great charm and even greater ambition, Skanda has unified the two historically hostile people by marrying the Ventrian emperor's daughter, Axiana, who is now pregnant. The Drenai army, led by Emperor Skanda, has conquered the hostile Ventrian empire. The story is set several decades after Gemmell's earlier title, Quest for Lost Heroes, and introduces an entirely new set of characters. ![]() ![]() It is also the second of three stories that feature in the anthology Drenai Tales Volume Three. It is the eighth entry in the Drenai series. Winter Warriors, published in 1997, is a novel by the British fantasy writer David Gemmell. ![]()
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