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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Loonook" data-source="post: 4556064" data-attributes="member: 1861">I believe that there are writers who work within the realms of fantasy who could easily fit what you're looking for; however, most use the tropes available in fantasy and those in other fictions to create a melange of fantasy fiction which fits... a lot of modern fantasy deals with elements of Victorian romance and style choices.Hardboiled Fantasy - Plenty of it; probably the best known (though it doesn't necessarily fit the whole of hardboiled's tenets) would be Jim Butcher's Dresden Files or Simon R. Green's Nightside series.Fantasy Spies - Look no further than Simon R. Green's Eddie Drood series.  They're all fantasy satires of Bond titles and spy/detective novels.High Intrigue - Though it is mostly fantastic elements and not full out-and-out fantasy you can find high intrigue and historical 'realism' in Stephenson's Baroque Cycle (a personal favorite from a few years ago which I picked up and read through waiting for the last of the books to reach the local library).  The Cycle, with its intrigue, alchemy, the seeking of Solomon's Gold, and the Philosopher's Stone is very interesting.Though some may not consider these 'gaming fiction', many of the ideas, character archetypes, and other details fit together pretty well into gaming tropes and a rich fantasy/fantastic realism which makes them interesting reads.  If I sat down and thought harder I could probably get you more books to fit in with other archetypes. . . but I just don't feel like burning the time on it.Slainte,-Loonook.</blockquote>

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