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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 5693312" data-attributes="member: 7883">Kind of depends on what *kind* of fantasy you like....D&D clone stuff?  For young readers?  Mature?There are lots of series out there.......but I don't find many that are in the 200-500 page range.....at least not if you're looking for *good* stuff.Steven Erickson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series is good....but it *does* meander.I"m currently reading Robert Bakker's "Aspect-Emperor" trilogy, which is the sequel to his "Prince of Nothing" trilogy, taking place 20 years after the first trilogy.  Very mature....some graphic depictions of sex, foul language etc.  It's dense....but very well written.  The author's take on sorcery is pretty cool.  They definitely aren't D&D wizards.  I'd say it's a really good "undiscovered gem" that most fantasy fans I've talked with haven't heard about......but don't read it if you don't like your fantasy series both dark, and intricate.  Bakker has a degree in philosophy, I think, and it shows in his writing.Sorcery is evil in this campaign....even when used by "good" characters.  By evil, I mean, it corrupts the very soul of the practitioners, even when used for good acts.  Sorcerers who are touched by artifacts known as "Chorae" (Tears of God) literally are killed by instantly being turned into pillars of salt.  But they're phenomenally powerful, and divided into schools of practice that flavour what they do.....the Mandate Schoolmen, masters of the Gnosis, the ancient sorcery of the conquered northern kingdoms.  Each of them relives the fall of the northern kingdoms through the eyes of the founder of their school (via dreams), the Cishaurim, masters of the Pushke, a different philosophy......they're creepy.....they take out their eyes as part of their initiation, and see through the eyes of serpent familiars that stay with them, etc.The series is about a Holy War to reclaim the ancient lands of the north that were overrun and conquered 2,000 years ago by this sociopathic race of creatures call Sranc who seem to be some kind of combination of orc, gnoll, and elf.His novels are tighter than Steven Erikson...but they're also very dark.  I don't say this to dissuade you....it's just....it's a matter of taste.  There are few truly good people in the novels.....everything is shades of grey.Banshee</blockquote>

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