Epic Fantasy

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When Gavin Guile--high priest and emperor, the most powerful man in the world known to all as the Prism--discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.

2) The blade itself

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Abercrombie, Joe

Series

First law volume 1

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3) A Cavern of Black Ice: Sword of Shadows Series, Book 1

The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut fantasy novel from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie.
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian — leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies.
Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has...

Author

Jones, J. V

Series

Sword of shadows volume 1

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HIGH ADVENTURE ON THE SWORD EDGE OF DESTINY
A Cavern of Black Ice is the first book in J.V. Jones's Sword of Shadow series
As a newborn Ash March was abandoned—left for dead at the foot of a frozen mountain. Found and raised by the Penthero Iss, the mighty Surlord of Spire Vanis, she has always known she is different. Terrible dreams plague her and sometimes in the darkness she hears dread voices from another world. Iss watches

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4) The Darkness That Comes Before

Author

Bakker, R. Scott

Series

Prince of nothing volume 1

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5) Death's Mistress: Sister of Darkness: The Nicci Chronicles, Book 1

Strikingly original in its conception, ambitious in scope, with characters engrossingly and vividly drawn, the first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a remarkable world from whole cloth-its language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals-the kind of all-embracing universe Tolkien and Herbert created unforgettably in the epic fantasies The Lord of the Rings and Dune. It's a world scarred...

Author

Goodkind, Terry

Series

Nicci chronicles volume 1

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A New York Times bestseller, Death's Mistress: Sister of Darkness begins The Nicci Chronicles, Terry Goodkind's series with a cast of characters centered on one of his best-loved characters in the now-concluded Sword of Truth.
One-time lieutenant of the evil Emperor Jagang, known as "Death's Mistress" and the "Slave Queen", the deadly Nicci captured Richard Rahl in order to convince him that the Imperial Order stood for

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6) The dragonbone chair

Author

Williams, Tad

Series

Memory, sorrow and thorn volume 1

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Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician's apprentice, finds his dreams of great deeds and heroic wars becoming an all too shocking reality in a terrifying civil war.

7) The dragon's path

Author

Abraham, Daniel

Series

Dagger and the coin volume 1

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"Everything I look for in a fantasy." — George R. R. Martin
All paths lead to war. . .
Marcus' hero days are behind him. He knows too well that even the smallest war still means somebody's death. When his men are impressed into a doomed army, staying out of a battle he wants no part of requires some unorthodox steps.
Cithrin is an orphan, ward of a banking house. Her job is to smuggle a nation's wealth...

8) Elantris

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"In 2005, Brandon Sanderson debuted with Elantris, an epic fantasy unlike any other then on the market. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Tor is reissuing Elantris in a special edition, a fresh chance to introduce it to the myriad readers who have since become Sanderson fans. This new edition begins with a preface by author Dan Wells, the first person to read the completed novel, and a new afterword by Sanderson explaining how he came to write the...

9) The emperor's blades

Author

Staveley, Brian

Series

Chronicle of the unhewn throne volume 1

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The children of an assassinated emperor try to stay alive and avenge their father's death while continuing down their individual life-paths, one in a monastery, another training with elite soldiers, and one appointed a minister determined to prove herself to her people.

10) The eye of the world

Author

Jordan, Robert

Series

Wheel of time volume 1

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"The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. When The Two River s is attacked by Trollocs--a savage tribe of half-men, half-beasts--five villagers flee that night into a world they barely imagined, with new dangers waiting in the shadows and...

11) Assassin's apprentice

Author

Hobb, Robin

Series

Farseer trilogy volume 1

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12) The fellowship of the ring: being the first part of The lord of the rings

A gorgeously illustrated anniversary edition of the book that launched the epic Farseer Trilogy, praised by George R. R. Martin as “fantasy as it ought to be written” and Lin-Manuel Miranda as “an incredible series,” featuring a new foreword by Robin Hobb and ten illustrations.
Twenty-five years ago, Robin Hobb’s first novel featuring FitzChivalry Farseer and his mysterious, often maddening friend the Fool...

Author

Tolkien, J. R. R

Series

Lord of the rings volume 1

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In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages, it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

13) Mistborn: the final empire

Author

Sanderson, Brandon

Series

Mistborn novels volume 1

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Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn, and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.

14) Furies of Calderon

Author

Butcher, Jim

Series

Codex Alera volume 1

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In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files leads readers into a world where the fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a boy with no power to call his own...

For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies—elementals of earth, air,...

15) A game of thrones

Author

Martin, George R. R

Series

Song of ice and fire volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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16) Gardens of the Moon: Malazan Book of the Fallen Series, Book 1

"Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born...

Author

Erikson, Steven

Series

Malazan book of the fallen volume 1

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Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire in this first book in a major epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson.
The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to

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17) Green Rider

Author

Britain, Kristen

Series

Green Rider series volume 1

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Magic, danger, and adventure abound for messenger Karigan G'ladheon in author Kristen Britain's New York Times-bestselling Green Rider fantasy series • "First-rate fantasy." —Library Journal
On her long journey home from school after a fight that will surely lead to her expulsion, Karigan G'ladheon ponders her uncertain future. As she trudges through the immense Green Cloak forest, her...

18) The gunslinger

Author

King, Stephen

Series

Dark Tower volume 1

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In The Gunslinger, King introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting, solitary figure at first, on a mysterious quest through a desolate world that eerily mirrors our own. Pursuing the man in black, an evil being who can bring the dead back to life, Roland is a good man who seems to leave nothing but death in his wake.

19) Half a king

Author

Abercrombie, Joe

Series

Half a king trilogy volume 1

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Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted... if he can must survive cruelty, chains, and the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea. Born with only one good hand, in a world where a strong arm and a cold heart rule, Yarvi cannot grip a shield or swing an axe, so he must sharpen his mind to a deadly edge. He gathers a strange fellowship of the outcast and the lost, who help him become the man he needs to be. But even with loyal friends...

20) The killing moon

Author

Jemisin, N. K

Series

Dreamblood duology volume 1

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