David Gemmell's Drenai Saga - A Brief Overview @dominishbooks

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David Gemmell is one of my all-time favourite authors, and the Drenai Saga one of the all-time great fantasy series. Here, I give an introduction to the series, talk through a couple of reading-order options, and make some recommendations for individual books to read to try out the series.

Thumbnail artwork: The Fortress of Dros Delnoch, by Gerard Miley

0:00 Welcome
1:21 Quick Series Intro
4:23 Reading Orders
6:13 Sub-Series
7:50 Individual Recommendations

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$David Gemmells Drenai Saga - A Brief Overview David Gemmell is one of my all-time favourite authors, and the Drenai Saga one of the all-time great fantasy series. Here, I give an introduction to the series, talk through a couple of reading-order options, and make some recommendations for individual books to read to try out the series. Thumbnail artwork: The Fortress of Dros Delnoch, by Gerard Miley 0:00 Welcome 1:21 Quick Series Intro 4:23 Reading Orders 6:13 Sub-Series 7:50 Individual Recommendations Find me elsewhere: Discord: https://discord.gg/7pvZWqrnAF Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominish_books Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominish_books/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/dominish Web: https://www.dominishbooks.com Support the Channel: My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dominish_books My Amazon Wishlist, for the amazingly generous people who like to gift books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/4HUTZXBVD046?ref wl_share Like what I do? Buy me a coffee (well, tea) to say Thanks: https://ko-fi.com/dominish For new books, I recommend Black Dragon Books, an independent UK bookshop who keep their discounts high and donate a portion the profit from each book sale to BookTrust: https://www.blackdragonbooks.co.uk/?store=5 *This is an affiliate link, which will not impact the price, but I do receive a small commission from the retailer if you use this link* Music by Infraction: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infraction$ $Review Copies - Physical or Digital? | Where I Get Ebooks From | Digital Book Haul I wanted to give some thoughts on authors sending out review copies, and in particular on physical versus digital copies. I also talk about where I get ebooks from, and run through some of the audiobooks and ebooks Ive acquired recently. 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