Galen Beknighted
10 best books like Galen Beknighted (Michael Williams): Crown of Shadows, Dragon Wing, A Memory of Light, Towers of Midnight, When True Night Falls, Black Sun Rising, Skybowl, The Star Scroll, Belgarath the Sorcerer, The Seventh Gate
| Author | C.S. Friedman |
| ISBN | 0886777178 |
Crown of Shadows; Or: Sorry, Priest, He's Just Not That Into You (Because He's an Undead Vampire and also Heterosexual.)
all the standards established by the prior two novels are in place for the grand finale of this fitfully entertaining trilogy.
at times amazing ideas and a compellingly...
| Author | Margaret Weis |
| ISBN | 0553286390 |
Preeminent storytellers Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman have redefined epic fantasy. Since the publication of their Dragonlance series, millions of readers have enjoyed their imaginative world-building, rich characterization, and intricate storylines. Now these best-selling authors bring...
| Author | Robert Jordan |
| ISBN | 0765325950 |
Now in development for TV!
Since 1990, when Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty languages.
The...
| Author | Robert Jordan |
| ISBN | 0765325942 |
The end draws near....
The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight.
The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age.
Perrin Aybara is now hunted...
| Author | C.S. Friedman |
| ISBN | 0756403162 |
When True Night Falls; Or, How Gerald Vryce Finally Learned to Stop Worrying and Love That Hunky Bombshell & Immortal Vampire Damian Tarrant
I don't have any issues with plus-sized people; several of my friends including people I've dated have been plus-sized and they are all compelling...
| Author | C.S. Friedman |
| ISBN | 0756403146 |
Black Sun Rising; Or, How Ciani Got Her Groove Back.
two major things to note in this sometimes absorbing, sometimes ridiculous science fantasy novel: a fascinatingly developed magic system and a head-smackingly stupid quest.
regarding the stupidity, let's first clear the air...
| Author | Melanie Rawn |
| ISBN | 0330333186 |
With her widely acclaimed fantasy trilogy, DRAGON PRINCE, Melanie Rawn opened an enchanted gateway to a spellbinding universe of Sunrunner's magic and sorcerous evil, telling the tale of one man's crusade to bring peace to a land divided into often warring kingdoms. In the first two novels of the best-selling...
| Author | Melanie Rawn |
| ISBN | 0756403049 |
As High Prince and Princess, Rohan and Sioned must keep both the peace and the secret of the dragons. But the legacy of their evil predecessor remains-and as their son Pol grows up, the kingdom splits in what may become a bloody battle for the crown.
To make things worse, a long-vanquished foe...
| Author | David Eddings |
| ISBN | 0345403959 |
Bestselling authors David and Leigh Eddings welcome readers back to the time before The Belgariad and The Malloreon series. Join them as they chronicle that fateful conflict between two mortally opposed Destinies, in a monumental war of men and kings and Gods.
When the world was young and...
The Seventh Gate is the thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. In this tale of treachery, power, and heroism, Alfred, Haplo, and Marit embark on a journey of death and discovery as they seek to enter the dreaded Seventh Gate. Encountering...
| Author | Paul B. Thompson |
| ISBN | 0786933674 |
Shades of G R Martin in Hermathya's turn from brat to outright manipulator. Her scenes with Kith in the garden and Sithas in the temple were well contrasted and give her a believable if hurried arc. The temple scene is particularly tense and atmospheric. Kith's turn as statesman is a bit mary-sue but forgivable...
| Author | Mark Anthony |
| ISBN | 1560760699 |
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Magic and Murder
When Flint Fireforge, dwarf and metalsmith, receives a wondrous summons from the Speaker of the Sun, he journeys to the fabled elven city of Qualinost. There he meets Tanis, a thoughtful youth born of a tragic union between...
| Author | Margaret Weis |
| ISBN | 0553295411 |
Abarrach, the Realm of stone. Here, on a barren world of underground caverns built around a core of molten lava, the lesser races -- humans, elves, and dwarves -- seem to have all died off. Here, too, what may well be the last remnants of the once powerful Sartan still struggle to survive. For Haplo and Alfred...
| Author | Margaret Weis |
| ISBN | 0553290983 |
On steamy Pryan, never-ending sunlight and plentiful rain have created a jungle so vast that humans and elves dwell high in the trees and only dwarves live anywhere near the ground. From the treetops the aristocratic elves sell weapons to the other races, whose incessant warfare sends a steady steam...
| Author | Margaret Weis |
| ISBN | 0553567713 |
Copied from Dragon Wing. Review is for entire series.
Re-read
The Deathgate Cycle is one of my favorite series ever. Everything about it - all 7 books - are just... high fantasy perfection.
- The world (or rather universe) is amazingly unique, stunning in set up and description,...
| Author | Margaret Weis |
| ISBN | 0553563696 |
The Hand of Chaos
Chaos is everywhere as the Lord of the Nexus orders his servant Haplo and the human child known as Bane to further their master's work on Arianus, the realm of air. But their one time companion Alfred has been cast into the deadly Labyrinth. And somehow the assassin Hugh the Hand...
| Author | Margaret Weis |
| ISBN | 0553561405 |
After the four worlds Alfred has at last found his people on Chelstra, the realm of sea. But his travels have taught him to be cautious... and Alfred soon realizes his caution is justified, even among his own kind. The one person Alfred can trust is, strangely, Haplo the Patryn....
| Author | L.E. Modesitt Jr. |
| ISBN | 0812541715 |
L.E. Modesitt's bestselling fantasy novels set in the world of Recluce are among the most popular in contemporary fantasy. Rich in detail, Modesitt's Recluce books are a feast of wonderous marvels. Booklist notes, "Modesitt's elaborate and intelligent working out of a system of magic and a system...
