Looking for FANTASY recommends

[Matt Larkin]

My favorite fantasy authors:
Martin
Sanderson
Brent Weeks
Peter V Brett
Jennifer Fallon
Daniel Abraham
Patrick Rothfuss

And indie, Susan Ee:

[me3boyz]

Almost forgot Michael Hicks' In Her Name series:
Book 1 - IN HER NAME: EMPIRE
Book 2 - IN HER NAME: CONFEDERATION
Book 3 - IN HER NAME: FINAL BATTLE

...or IN HER NAME (Omnibus edition)


Book 4 - IN HER NAME: FIRST CONTACT
Book 5 - IN HER NAME: LEGEND OF THE SWORD
Book 6 - IN HER NAME: DEAD SOUL

[jwest]

Terry Goodkind.  My brother in law recommended him to me and I found them to be very adult, dirty and serious.  They are also well written.  I think the first one is called Wizard's First Rule.
Stephen Lawhead.  He has some recent books but they are meh.  His best books are the Song of Albion series.  EXCELLENT.  I also like Byzantium, for a nice standalone book.
I also recommend David Dalglish.  His books are a serious as a heart attack and really dark.  Too dark for me, even.  Also well written.

There is one other series, I will text my brother, because I can't remember what they're called, but I really liked them.

I agree completely; Terry Goodkind is great

Everyone has so many good recommendations on this thread, I find myself wanting to go read all of them!

Best wishes,
James

[Zackery Arbela]

Try the Darkness series, by Harry Turtledove. It's basically WWII set in a fantasy world. Think Dragons instead of bombers, unicorns instead of tanks, and magic wands instead of rifles and machine guns. Pretty heavy stuff though, not a light read by any means, but it is a different approach to the genre.

[StephenZimmer]

I'm going to recommend a gem that you and others may not have heard of before.  Flank Hawk and Blood Sword by Terry Ervin.  Dragons against WWII-style Stukas, just to get your attention, LOL.  Really well written, and brings in an undead element, a dystopian element, and weaves it all together nicely with a lot of mythical elements.  Gryphonwood is a really solid small press.  Here are the covers of the two books out in his series:

[Z.R.]

Basically, I like my fantasy a bit dirty, adult and with a bit of epic thrown in

Well that pretty much describes The Weeping Empress (Sadie S. Forsythe).

[DrJeckyll101]

A good YA fantasy would be The Chosen by Sheenah freitas.

[Marcus]

Hello all - new to Kindle Boards, so I thought I'd jump in to get my first post off the ground, so I can then get on with completing/editing my profile!

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but I recently read "Winterbirth" by Brian Ruckley.



Pretty good, although I started to get a bit bored towards the end. It was, however, good enough for me to want to get the next in the series.

All the best

Marcus

[Colin Taber]

Hello all - new to Kindle Boards, so I thought I'd jump in to get my first post off the ground, so I can then get on with completing/editing my profile!

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but I recently read "Winterbirth" by Brian Ruckley.



Pretty good, although I started to get a bit bored towards the end. It was, however, good enough for me to want to get the next in the series.

All the best

Marcus

I really enjoyed Winterbirth, though I can understand why people consider it slow. I've read the whole trilogy.

I think it is the darkest epic fantasy I have ever read, one where the true horror of what's unfolding is not on the battlefield, but people's minds.

For people looking for something dark, epic and different the trilogy is a fresh read.