Stormrider: David Gemmell

Book IV of The Rigante. The Rigante have been conquered by the black-hearted Moidart, yet in the north clansmen are still free. There in the Druagh Mountains, the outlaw leader Ravenheart waits as the destructive Varlish armies come closer to his stronghold, led by the Moidart's only son, Stormrider. Stormrider and Ravenheart are unaware that the fate of their world lies entirely in their hands; both are destined to be heroes but one of them is doomed. A secret lost in the dim past has returned to haunt them both as they face the vengeance of an ancient evil, born of the bloodshed and rising to slake its thirst...Cover art by John Bolton