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| Author | David Gemmell |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Drenai series |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Century |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardback) |
| Pages | 415 (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-7126-0872-5 |
| Preceded by | Legend |
| Followed by | Waylander |
The King Beyond The Gate[1][2] is a fantasy novel by British writer David Gemmell. It was published in 1985. It was the second book published by Gemmell, after Legend, published a year earlier. The book is set in the same fictional world as Legend, that of the Drenai, but is not a sequel in the usual sense as the events of the two books take place around a century apart. Thus the main protagonists of Legend are long since dead and play little part in The King Beyond the Gate, other than passing mentions. This set a precedent for the entire Drenai series, in which very few characters appear in more than one novel, the gaps between novels sometimes running to centuries, giving a more epic, historical flavour to the series.
- ^ Gemmell, David (1985). The King Beyond the Gate. Century. ISBN 978-0-7126-0872-5.
- ^ Gemmell, David (1 June 2011). The King Beyond the Gate. Random House Worlds. ISBN 978-0-307-79748-3.