Center of attention is the young Elven Noble Gilead Lothain from the Tower of Tor Amrok, last of his line. After the murder of his twin-brother Galeth by the henchmen of the foul ..., the young Elven Noble starts campaign of revenge against the assassins of his father. For ten years he tracks down all those who were involved in his brothers murder, only accompanied by his faithful retainer Fithvael until he finally stands before his archenemy only to realize that the vengeance didn't liberate his hearth from the bitterness of his grief. When he returns to his home Tor Amrok he finds his fathers court empty and abandoned, all of the courts members gone.

Realizing that the time of his race is gone, Gilead decides to travel out in the world to search for other living members of his race. Together with his companion Fithvael he ventures the Old World for signs of life from other elves. On their travels the both come to the Chaos Fortress of the Lord Ire, who wants to conquer the world with his forces of darkness. Gilead frees the Elven Maid Niobe who was taken hostage in the ever-changing Chaos Fortress and falls in love with her. But the final victory over Lord Ire is only achieved by the self-sacrifice of Niobe and so Gilead again looses somebody he loves. Falling into a deep depression, the Elven warrior is taken hostage by Dark Elves (?) who make him believe that he is on Niobes fathers court by a powerful illusion. Only the unselfish rescue-action of Fithvael can save Gilead from his doom. The both flee from the deadly grasp of the foul Elves and resume their search.

On their further travels they have many adventures until they finally meet the Elf Nithrom, former member of the court of Tor Amrok. Nithrom asks the both to join his "army" to guard a small village in the border princess from the marauding hordes of Tilean Mercenaries. The army consists of a small group of warriors from all parts of the Old World: a norse barbarian, a Bretonnian Knight, a Kislevite Warrior-woman, a retired Templar of the White Wolf and others. When they arrive in the village of Mantane they have to defend it against an Army of Mercenaries, Mauras Murderers, who are twenty times or more in the majority. Although it seems to be unbelievable, the small group of warriors manages to destroy the attackers, even if they have to pay a high price. The story ends with the final defeat of Maura, commander of the mercenaries. In the end, Gilead and his servant Fithvael again resume their search, leaving the village, never to be seen again.

All in all, Gileads Blood leaves me with a strange feeling... a feeling that I already have read
most of the book somewhere and at some time before. During the first 50 pages the novel
reminds me strongly of Michael Morcocks "Book Corum": a lone, bitter elven warrior against the rest of the world. Even the description of Gilead resembles that of Corum. Their fight against the Chaos Lord who lives in a Chaos Fortress which exists between the planes is so typically "Eternal Champion" that you sometimes think that you are in fact reading "The Book Corum" or "Elric". The last part of the book is just the Old World version of the Seven Samurai: Group of failed Warriors defends a village against bandits/mercenaries. In my Opinion the book is not really good, what is a real pity because the background has many potential in it, but the authors were not able to make an advantage out of it (nc).