Fantasy always felt like a safe area for me. It’s brutally violent, and the language is savage.Īnd that’s weird to me. It combines the magic of Wheel of Time with the savage politics of Song of Ice and Fire. It’s deftly done, even when a fourth character comes in the second half of the novel, and is also drawn into the story. Then each of these three end up crossing paths. The rest of the characters are drawn into their wake as the story unfolds. He keeps the story focused on three major threads: the Inquisitor Glokta - a former champion of the Union who was tortured by enemies and is now a crippled mess torturing suspects for the Inquisition Jezal dan Luthar - a spoiled noble who’s set to become a fencing champion for the Union and Logen Ninefingers - a Northern barbarian wandering the countryside after he and his cohorts are beset by savages. However, Abercrombie’s really excellent about knowing how to juggle characters. This one’s the first of the First Law Trilogy - the first law being “Don’t let them get wet.” It’s solid fantasy much like the Kingkiller trilogy it feels like it has to be three books long.
If you find these too dark or too involved, go check out Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.Well, another excellent fantasy series begun. If you find these not 'epic' enough, other options are Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson (my favorite fantasy series by far), and the Song of Ice and Fire by GRRM.
Butcher starts slow so you will have to get 2-3 books into his stuff to really start liking it. If you like these books, try Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards series (two out right now, he is working on the third), and then head over and give Jim Butcher a shot, with either Dresden Files or the Codex Alera stuff. Glokta is one of the best 'new' characters I have read in years, and although Rothfuss' stuff is great, there are parts that were semi unbelievable, although I am waiting rather impatiently for the next book by both of these authors. I enjoyed it a lot.Įdit: Thinking about it, I would read the Trilogy by Abercrombie first. The Blade Itself is a very good book (everything written by Abercrombie has been great so far) and it is much darker and it will seem to follow the whole hero on his path to power and friendly wizard and all that, and then you find out nothing is as it seems. The Name of the Wind is a great book, I really like how it is done and what happens, same with Wise Mans Fear, which is its sequel. Honestly, the two are equal in my opinion. You will enjoy The Heroes more if you have read the other stuff first, same with 'Best Served Cold' (the other stand-alone Abercombie has written). The Blade Itself is the first of a trilogy.
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