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Fantasy Literature

BreweryYardRat

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16. Amanda Downum's Necromancer Chronicles...

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2016, 01:45 AM

May 2016

I cannot recommend this series enough. The world-building is beautiful, the characters have extremely well-thought out personalities and motivations, there's plenty of action and intrigue, along with enough really neat plot twists and original ideas to keep you glued to the page.

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Okay, I'm Almost Done with A Song of Ice and Fire. Please Recommend Another Fantasy Series of Books [View all] Yavin4 Oct 2012 OP

Here is a list that may help Narraback Oct 2012 #1

R. A. Salvator (sp?) MynameisBlarney Oct 2012 #2

Uh.... TlalocW Oct 2012 #3

Other Series freedomrock1970 Oct 2012 #4

Narraback's list looks very intriguing... Kilroy003 Oct 2012 #5

+1 for Name of the Wind. Excellent book. Matariki Oct 2012 #6

Fantasy Literature: Xyzse Oct 2012 #7

The Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson T Roosevelt Nov 2012 #8

I have some of those books Xyzse Nov 2012 #9

Absolutely better T Roosevelt Nov 2012 #10

You may be right. Xyzse Nov 2012 #11

Definitely need to stick with this one T Roosevelt Nov 2012 #12

Robin Hobb was one of the authors that influenced him. DookDook Mar 2016 #13

Robin Hobb's books are great (except for the Soldier's Son trilogy, which was awful) yellowdogintexas Jun 2016 #18

Definitely recommend Robin Hobb TNLib Apr 2017 #20

Storm Light series by Brandon Sanderson... 1monster Apr 2016 #14

The Dresden Files is urban fantasy... IamMab May 2016 #15

Amanda Downum's Necromancer Chronicles... BreweryYardRat May 2016 #16

Also, Victor Milan's "The Dinosaur Lords." (First of 3, the next is out July 5th.) BreweryYardRat May 2016 #17

Wheel of Time. theaocp Apr 2017 #19

Forgotten Realms has a wealth of great fantasy to offer. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2018 #21