Rebellion and invasion plunge Britannia into the Dark Ages. Chaos and terror stalk the land, the King slain by traitors, the great Sword of Power vanished beyond the Circle of Mist. Saxons, Angles, Jutes and Brigante tribesman mass together to destroy the realm, aided by the powers of the Witch Queen and the Lord of the Undead. Against them stands a weakling boy, and an old mountain warrior. But the boy has the blood of kings, and the warrior is Culain, the legendary Lord of the Lance. And he alone knows the dreaded secret of the Witch Queen.

The Lord of the Pit and his hellborn army seek to plunge mankind into a new satanic era. Seemingly invincible, they make a fatal mistake when they take Shannow's woman for blood sacrifice.

The gateway between past and present has opened and evil forces of enormous power are unleashed. Only one man can stand at the gateway of time, Jon Shannow, the Last Guardian. The hunters from the past who seek his death are but the first obstacle.

The tyrannical rule of the Deacon and his Jerusalem Riders has unleashed upon the world a sea of bigotry and hatred. But when a church is burnt and its congregation slaughtered, a rider appears and hunts down the killers. Jon Shannow is back.

A stunning, never before published, novel from the legendary David Gemmell, with a new introduction from Conn Iggulden.

A stunning, long-lost and highly sought-after crime novel by the legendary David Gemmell returns to print after twenty-five years.