Dark Prince

Name: Dark Prince
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: David Gemmell
ISBN: 9781405538084

Author: David Gemmell

Series: Lion of Macedon #2

Narrator: Peter Kenny

Unabridged: 19 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Published: 12/14/2017

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Epic

Synopsis

'THE HARD-BITTEN CHAMPION OF BRITISH HEROIC FANTASY' - Joe Abercrombie

'HEROISM AND HEARTBREAK . . . GEMMELL IS ADRENALINE WITH SOUL' - Brent Weeks

Parmenion, the Lion of Macedon - a lone hero in search of salvation and instead finding destiny.

Alexander, the Dark Prince - a child who will become Alexander, founder of the greatest empire the world has ever known. He will conquer all, save for the Chaos Spirit, the immortal evil that dwells in his soul.

Together they will be forced into other dimensions, across time, into enchanted worlds full of wonder and sorcery . . .

Novels by David Gemmell

The Drenai series
Legend
The King Beyond the Gate
Waylander
Quest For Lost Heroes
Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend

Jon Shannow series
Wolf in Shadow
The Last Guardian
Bloodstone

Stones of Power
Ghost King
Last Sword of Power

Hawk Queen series
Ironhand's Daughter
The Hawk Eternal

Ancient Greece novels
Lion of Macedon
Dark Prince

Other novels
Knights of Dark Renown
Morningstar

About David Gemmell

David Gemmell's first novel, LEGEND, was published in 1984 and he was widely acclaimed as Britain's king of heroic fantasy. He died in July 2006.

About Peter Kenny

Thirty years working as an actor, musician, designer and director in Theatre and Radio; Peter has worked for: A&BC Theatre Co. The Royal Shakespeare Co. and The BBC Radio Drama Co. An award winning narrator of audio-books he has recorded over 100 titles, everything from: Iain M. Banks, Neil Gaiman, and Andrzej Sapkowski to Claire North, Jonas Jonasson Jeremy Vine and Paul O'Grady. He has worked with many of the major publishing houses including, Little Brown, Orion/Gollancz, Hachette, Harper, Hodder, Pan MacMillan, ISIS, RNIB, Podium and Penguin. Visit www.peterkenny.com @PeterKennyVoice

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on November 06, 2021

Read this book in 2011, and its the 2nd volume of the now Macedonian General, Parmenion, and his adventures in the Macedonian courts of King Philip, and later on King Alexander the Great, and latter's travels, wars and conquests throughout the East and the Greek/Egyptian world. Regarded as one of the......more

Goodreads review by Anna on July 19, 2018

Absolutely insane. But it makes as much sense of Alexander's life as many academic articles I've read. And Parmenio is ... Parmenio.......more

Goodreads review by Charlie on September 06, 2016

So good and completely different from what I expected. Spoilers for first book follow. After reading Lion of Macedon you could be forgiven for thinking this book would follow the amazing conquests of Alexander the Great, albeit with a Gemmell flavour. I was excited about this but was wondering what D......more

Goodreads review by Gordon on May 08, 2011

David Gemmell again demonstrates why he is the master of the flawed and tragic hero with this tale. 'Dark Prince' will convert any reader who is unsure of the fantasy genre. Indeed, 'Lion of Macedon' was the first David Gemmell book I had read, and being three-quarters historical fiction, one-quarte......more