![]() In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma. Our rating: 9.2 | 28 positive reader reviews The peace that he has known all his short life disappears and is replaced by war in the shape of invaders from An orphaned young boy named Pug becomes a master magician’s apprentice and two world’s destinies are forever changed. Our rating: 9.0 | 47 positive reader reviewsĬrydee, a frontier outpost in the Kingdom of the Isles. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his Bridgeburners and for Tattersail, sol Even its imperial legions yearn for some respite. Our rating: 9.2 | 39 positive reader reviewsīled dry by interminable warfare, infighting and bloody confrontations with Lord Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, the vast, sprawling Malazan empire simmers with discontent. Wars are fought Ī Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 1 In centuries since ten orders of Knights fell, their Shardblade swords and Shardplate armor still transform men into near-invincible warriors. Animals and plants retract cities are built in shelter. Roshar is a world of stone swept by tempests that shape ecology and civilization. Our rating: 9.8 | 51 positive reader reviews I tread paths by moonlight that others fe I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. Our rating: 9.6 | 55 positive reader reviews His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he ģ. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. Our rating: 9.5 | 101 positive reader reviews All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. Our rating: 10.0 | 145 positive reader reviews There is no correct way to define high and epic fantasy but in our opinion, the fantastic books below belong to it. But it is not just about the journey, the quest or the task, it can also be the theme - The Malazan Book of the Fallen is epic both in scope and events. In The Lord of the Rings, set in Middle-earth we have Frodo's journey to Mordor, in The Farseer Trilogy, set in the Six Duchies, we have Fitz and the Fool's destiny to bring dragons back to the world. What is high / epic fantasy? Well, high fantasy is set in an alternative, fictional, secondary world and the word epic is defined as an exceptionally long and arduous task or activity.
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