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<blockquote data-quote="BadMojo" data-source="post: 3625274" data-attributes="member: 569">I enjoyed these books quite a bit, although the third one was a bit of a disappointment for me.&nbsp; Still, overall I enjoyed the books and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone who enjoys reading good fantasy.The opening scene of &quot;The City of Towers&quot; may be one of my favorite beginnings ever.&nbsp; It was exactly what I imagined large scale combat would look like in a high magic fantasy setting.&nbsp; For some reason it made me think of what a scene from something like Band of Brothers would look like in a fantasy novel.As for my own reading time, I'm in the midst of &quot;The Bloody Crown of Conan&quot;.&nbsp; For those who haven't read the Del Rey collection of Howard's Conan stories, I can't recommend them enough.&nbsp; The illustrations are great, text restored to what Howard intended and the stories themselves just rock.&nbsp; I'm reading &quot;Hour of the Dragon&quot; right now, and I think that story now ranks in my Top 3 Conan Tales list (the list that exists only in my head).It's interesting to see a slightly older, wiser and less rash Conan.&nbsp; His duties as King don't seem to prevent him from kicking a lot of butt and chopping off limbs when the mood strikes him.&nbsp; He's got a very &quot;hands on&quot; leadership style.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BadMojo, post: 3625274, member: 569"] I enjoyed these books quite a bit, although the third one was a bit of a disappointment for me. Still, overall I enjoyed the books and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone who enjoys reading good fantasy. The opening scene of "The City of Towers" may be one of my favorite beginnings ever. It was exactly what I imagined large scale combat would look like in a high magic fantasy setting. For some reason it made me think of what a scene from something like Band of Brothers would look like in a fantasy novel. As for my own reading time, I'm in the midst of "The Bloody Crown of Conan". For those who haven't read the Del Rey collection of Howard's Conan stories, I can't recommend them enough. The illustrations are great, text restored to what Howard intended and the stories themselves just rock. I'm reading "Hour of the Dragon" right now, and I think that story now ranks in my Top 3 Conan Tales list (the list that exists only in my head). It's interesting to see a slightly older, wiser and less rash Conan. His duties as King don't seem to prevent him from kicking a lot of butt and chopping off limbs when the mood strikes him. He's got a very "hands on" leadership style. :D [/QUOTE]

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