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A good fantasy book? you know, wizards, dragons, princesses, that kind of stuff (mander.xyz)

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Well I'm craving something in this genre but I'm a bit overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time. So many titles and yet I'm not sure what to read. Maybe you can help?

I'm looking for something in a high fantasy setting. I'm not too keen on heavy politics and war driven plots (though, I can read that ). What really gets me is interesting characters, good action and magical creatures.

I've loved anything Discworld and I've also enjoyed the First Law books by Abercrombie.

I'm finding that Tolkien, Sanderson and George RR Martin appear on every fantasy list I come across, so if you do recommend something I'd appreciate it be something other than that.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I really liked the Night Angel series, The Way of Shadows is the first book.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was also going to recommend Night Angel.

OP, it's a book about a gutter rat that becomes trained as an assassin by the best, then evolves into a bit more fantasy and magic and the endgame of being the world's best assassin.