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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bowbe" data-source="post: 2991263" data-attributes="member: 6328">Karl Edward Wagner's "Kane" series.Darkness Weaves, Bloodstone, Death Angel's Shadow, Dark Crusade.Hard to find the out of print novels but Joe Kushner suggested to me looking them up through certain fantasy book clubs.The Kane series is especially good if you don't mind a bit of science fiction, sorcery, swordplay, and a fractured and ultimately fully evil protagonist. They fit the "high level" bill in that Kane is based on the Cain of biblical reference. Unable to die except in battle, but so long lived and so skilled in the arts of medecine, sorcery, swordplay, science and alien technology that in the end, few except powerful demons, witches, or alien artifacts have a chance of really ending him once and for all.In other words, if you like settings like Blackmoor or Wilderlands of High Fantasy, you'll probably dig Kane. Likewise Wagner was a huge buff of horror fiction, so there are plenty of elder god, old ones, deep ones, and other references that enrich the play of the setting.Clark Ashton Smith, a cohort of HP Lovecraft has some interesting short stories based in otherworldly and fantastic locations of space and time. Many have a feel of ancient India or the Middle east and feature poetic tales of horror and high fantasy told from the point of view of Liches, elementals and those who worship or strive against alien gods. Not necessarily "novel" type material but definitely story seed worthy. Of the anthologies of Thieves world, you find cityscapes populated by a vast variety of high and low level "characters" who wield anything from a knife to a pedigree of godhead. Loved old Moorcock. Chronicles of Corum, Elric, Hawkmoon, ect. ect. Good stuff and always what you could consider "High level" tho this has been covered already. For a kick, read the Gord the Rogue novels by E.G. Gygax. Petty thief turns demigod and destroys the universe! Thats good fun and if it isn't high level I don't know what is. They were an entertaining read at very least. I have tended to shy away from more of the "modern" authors. I have found some who are considered the popular stuff of todays fantasy genre to be confusing, gramatically frustrating and poorly written, or aimed at a much younger audience. I cut my teeth on Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter/Barsoon series which are far more sword and sorcery than science fiction.Case</blockquote>

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