The king beyond the gate

About “The king beyond the gate”

The King Beyond the Gate is a fantasy novel by British author David Gemmell, published in 1985. It is the second book in Gemmell’s Drenai series, following Legend, released the previous year. The story is set in the same fictional world as Legend, but it is not a direct sequel. The events occur about a century after those in Legend, so the main characters from Legend are no longer alive and appear only in passing. This structure established a pattern for the Drenai series, where most characters do not appear in multiple books, and the time gaps between stories can be significant, giving the series an epic and historical tone. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)