The King Beyond the Gate
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The King Beyond The Gate is a fantasy novel by 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 precendent 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.
The Drenai are under the rule of Ceska. A mad emperor, he has a force of Joinings to help keep him in power. He also has support from the Dark Templars. Only one man can stop him... Tenaka Khan.
This book details the rise of Tenaka Khan, decended from both Ulric (The great khan) and Rek (Earl of bronze). It is the story of the true Nadir uniter.
