High in the secluded Skeln mountains, the woodsman Dakeyras and his daughter Miriel lead a quiet life, their past shrouded in mystery. This tranquility is shattered when a ruthless band of warriors, renowned for their brutality and insatiable lust for revenge, stalks the mountains, contracted to kill Dakeyras for a princely sum. These hardened mercenaries, accustomed to easy victories, vastly underestimate their target. Miriel, a formidable woman of 'fire and iron,' possesses lethal skills with bow and blade, taught by none other than her father. For Dakeyras is not merely a woodsman; he is Waylander the Slayer, a legendary and feared assassin from the Drenai's darkest history, now forced to confront the bloody legacy he desperately tried to escape. As the past catches up, Waylander must once again embrace his deadliest self to protect his daughter and confront the shadows of his own tormented soul, plunging back into a world of violence he thought he had abandoned forever.
Critical Reception
"Praised by literary giants such as Joe Abercrombie and Brent Weeks, 'Waylander' stands as a foundational text in British heroic fantasy, celebrated for its raw emotional power and adrenaline-fueled narrative."