The Priests of Ferris
10 best books like The Priests of Ferris (Maurice Gee): The Book of Jhereg, The Luminaries, The Sword of Shannara Trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry, Red Sister, Holy Sister, Grey Sister, Orcs, One Night Out Stealing, Footrot Flats 4
| Author | Steven Brust |
| ISBN | 0441006159 |
A welcome addition to any fantasy fan's library, The Book of Jhereg follows the antics of the wise-cracking assassin Vlad Taltos and his dragon-like companion through their first three adventures: Jhereg, Yendi, and Teckla. From his rookie assassin days to his selfless feats of heroism, the dauntless...
| Author | Eleanor Catton |
| ISBN | 0316074314 |
It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: A wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried...
| Author | Terry Brooks |
| ISBN | 0345453751 |
THE SWORD OF SHANNARA: Long ago, the world of Shea Ohmsford was torn apart by war. But the half-human, half-elfin, Shea now lives in peace - until the forbidding figure of Allanon appears, to reveal that the long dead Warlock Lord lives again
THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA: Ancient evil threatens...
| Author | Guy Gavriel Kay |
| ISBN | 0006479502 |
In the three novels that make up the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy collected in this omnibus edition (The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, and The Darkest Road), five University of Toronto students find themselves transported to a magical land to do battle with the forces of evil. At a Celtic conference,...
| Author | Mark Lawrence |
| ISBN | 1101988851 |
I was born for killing – the gods made me to ruin.
At the Convent of Sweet Mercy young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old bloods show, gifting talents rarely seen since the tribes beached their ships on Abeth. Sweet Mercy hones its novices’ skills to deadly effect: it takes ten years...
| Author | Mark Lawrence |
| ISBN | 0008152403 |
The third instalment in a brilliant fantasy series from the international bestselling author of Prince of Thorns
Nona Grey’s story reaches its shattering conclusion in the third instalment of Book of the Ancestor.
They came against her as a child. Now they face the woman.
The...
| Author | Mark Lawrence |
| ISBN | 0008152349 |
Second novel in the brilliant series from the bestselling author of Prince of Thorns.
In Mystic Class Nona Grey begins to learn the secrets of the universe. But so often even the deepest truths just make our choices harder. Before she leaves the Convent of Sweet Mercy Nona must choose her path...
| Author | Stan Nicholls |
| ISBN | 0575074876 |
Combining the acclaimed trilogy of books, Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder, and Warriors of the Tempest, plus a new short story previously only available in a small press anthology, this is the entire story of Stryke and his band of Orcs. Fantasy's bad guys finally get their own say in this fast...
| Author | Alan Duff |
| ISBN | 0824816846 |
I found this to be quite brilliant in its rather simplistic albeit solid and believable plot. Vivid characters and violence. Puts you in the mind of both criminal and survivalist who longs for a better present. Bringing their mentality and morals to the forefront to give you a true representation of...
| Author | Murray Ball |
| ISBN | 1852864222 |
Ball grew up in New Zealand before spending some years in Australia and South Africa. As a young man he worked for the Dominion newspaper in Wellington and the Manawatu Times before becoming a freelance cartoonist and moving to England, where he found work with publishers DC Thomson, of Dundee.
He...
