 | The Blade Itself: Book One Of The First Law (Gollancz S.F.) by Joe Abercrombie
Buy new: £5.57 / Used from: £1.99 New and refreshing its definatley not your average fantasy series, with an interesting story and excellent plot, Followed by Before they are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings
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 | Scar Night (Deepgate Codex) by Alan Campbell
Buy new: £11.59 / Used from: £2.31 A complex beginning but stick with it and you will be rewarded, one of the more complex novels ive read and is to be followed by Penny Devil next year
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 | Shadow Fall (Godslayer) by James Clemens
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Very good storyline and excellent characters. About a man who is tainted by a dead gods blood, marked a godslayer and gained godly powers. Followed by Hinterland. One of my favourite authors ever!
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 | The Tyranny of the Night (Instrumentalities of the Night) by Glen Cook
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £0.01 I really enjoyed reading the black company books and so i thought id give this book a try and i really enjoyed reading it! It seems to be written in a style people seem to either love or loathe
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 | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: "Lord Foul's Bane", "Illearth War" and "Power That Preserves" by Stephen Donaldson
Buy new: £10.89 / Used from: £1.45 This is here because SD has decided to write a 3rd chronicle. This book is hard to get into but once you get maybe a third into it you will be captivated by it. The 2nd chronicles is even better!
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 | Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen) by Steven Erikson
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.98 The start of a truly epic series, it feels so realistic, yet it has wars waged with swords and magic and has gods mixing with mortals. Also excellent magical battles. Very long series still going
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 | The Sum of All Men (Runelords) by David Farland
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £0.01 Prince Gaborn Val Orden's story about how he went from a normal prince on a visit to ask another kingdoms princess to marry him, to saviour and defender of the entire planet.
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 | The Amber Wizard: The Osserian Saga: Book One (The Osserian Saga) by David Forbes
Buy new: £4.83 / Used from: £0.01 The start of a new series about the prince of prophecy trying to avoid being dragged down a path of darkness; a bloody war ravaging the land; and the release of humanities most feared evil.
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 | Dragons of the Dwarven Depths: The Dark Chronicles v. 1 (Dragonlance) by Margaret Weis
Buy used from: £2.69 Newest mini-series in the dragonlance saga by Weis and Hickman, same great storytelling. Followed so far only by Dragons of the Highlord Skies
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 | The Saint of Dragons by Jason Hightman
Buy new: £5.39 / Used from: £0.01 Supposedly quite a kiddy book and is light reading compared to nearly all others on this list however i really liked the idea behind it all
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 | The Fate of the Fallen (Song of the Tears) by Ian Irvine
Buy new: £6.85 / Used from: £1.91 Ian Irvine is my favorite writer of all time and his books got me hooked on fantasy. This is the 3rd series in his 3 worlds cycle and i cant wait for Curse of the Chosen!
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 | The Mark of Ran by Paul Kearney
Buy used from: £2.17 Kearney is probably my shared 2nd favorite writer with J.Clemens. I love this series and cannot wait for the 3rd to come out. I recommend to everyone and anyone!
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 | In the Eye of Heaven by David Keck
Buy used from: £1.57 The story of Durand trying to find his place in the world, however dark plots are aloof that could break them that bind the kingdoms together and keep the Banished at bay. Waiting on 2nd in series
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 | The Briar King (Kingdoms of Thorn & Bone) by Greg Keyes
Buy used from: £0.01 Amazing first book and great second book, havent read 3rd book yet. An excellent series and i love his style of writing.
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 | The Stormcaller: The Twilight Reign: Book 1: Book One of the Twilight Reign (Gollancz S.F.) by Tom Lloyd
Buy new: £6.37 / Used from: £2.30 Completely original, well written, great characters, superb plot and easy to read. A story about revenge, empires, prophecies, gods and violence. 2 more planned in series.
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 | A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin
Buy new: £5.03 / Used from: £4.00 I hadnt heard of this series until Feast for Crows came out and after reading them all i am eagerly awaiting Dance with Dragons. One of the modern bench marks for epic fantasy - and heroes die too!
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 | The Summoner (Chronicles of the Necromancer) by Gail Z. Martin
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.31 I picked this up recently in waterstones and i have added it to my list of eagerly awaiting the sequal. Book with very interesting views on spirts and necromancy, recommended.
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 | Eragon (Inheritance Cycle) by Christopher Paolini
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 I jumped on the Eragon bandwagon when it first came out however i do believe it is slightly overvalued. Its still a very good start to a series worth reading.
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 | The Orc King (Forgotten Realms Novel: Transitions Trilogy): Bk. 1 (Rough cut edition) (Forgotten Realms: Transitions Trilogy) by R. A. Salvatore
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £3.29 The return of Drizzt, i have to say i am a big fan of all Salvatores Drizzt books, i feel they make a great change of pace with all the epic fantasy im reading at the minute.
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 | The Curse of the Mistwraith (The Wars of Light & Shadow) by Janny Wurts
Buy new: £5.28 / Used from: £0.01 The Start of what i feel is a very undervalued series, i love these books and there is no true evil side and good side, just two brothers on different sides.
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 | A Cavern of Black Ice (Sword of Shadows) by J.V. Jones
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £0.01 A new masterpiece in the making with the third book about to be released, you can feel the tension building up as the books read and the characters form on either side of good or evil.
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