david gemmell

i found out the other day that my favorite author had died, having actually passed away July 28th, after a failed recovery from heart bypass surgery.

i discovered this fact after doing some research on his new book entitled Troy: Shield of Thunder, his second of three books in his Troy series, the first of which, Troy: The Lord of the Silver Bow, i absolutely loved. i moped around work all day after i found out he had passed on, saddened and a bit angry. he was only 57, and had really only begun hitting his stride as an author. out of the 30 books he had published since 1985, all have remained in print.

ive read all his works, save White Knight, Black Swan, which he wrote under the pseudoname Ross Harding. His new book does not get released here in the states until this spring, but i ordered three of them from the UK the morning i read about his demise. i got all giddy when the package came in the mail yesterday....only to feel empty again. his wife Stella will be completing the last book of Troy, as she had been helping him plot out the series since its inception in 2003.

David Gemmell, you were an inspiration.

*bows*