![]() The brutal dictator known as the Lord Ruler has ruled over the Final Kingdom for a thousand years, and he employs a dozen abominations known as Steel Inquisitors, each more powerful than any Mistborn. The incredibly rare few can burn all ten allomantic metals. ![]() Thugs can enhance their physical strength and speed. Soothers and Rioters can affect others’ emotions. The magic in the world of Mistborn is Allomancy certain rare individuals can “burn” an ingested metal to create a magical effect. Each night, supernatural mists appear, and the Skaa are sure to lock themselves safe indoors. Clouds of ash fall frequently from the sky, and nothing green grows. The world of The Mistborn Trilogy is a feudal land, with the peasant Skaa serving their noble lords as slaves, and those lords serving the immortal Lord Ruler. I’m beginning with this series because I recently finished reading it. The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson And I won’t be including Lev Grossman’s The Magicians or my personal favorite series, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, because they take place on Earth. Lastly, I’m leaving out Piers Anthony’s Xanth novels and the Dragonlance Trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman because, as much as I loved them when I first read them, it’s been over three decades since then. I’d also originally intended to include Patrick Rothfuss’s The Kingkiller Chronicles and Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series, but it’s been so long since I’ve read them that I can’t recall enough to write about here. I was never able to get into Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Naomi Novik’s Temeraire, or Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga despite having read the first book of each. I’ve never read Stephen King’s Dark Tower novels, Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber, or David Eddings’s Belgariad. I’m also excluding a number of others that might belong on this list simply because I’ve not read them. Books such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and A Song of Ice and Fire have all had movie and television adaptations. I’m going to be excluding from this list series that are too mainstream. There really are a lot of fantastic books out there. With any luck, you’ll find one or two you’ve never read and decide to pick them up. I’ve read many novels and series in this subgenre, and I’d like to review some of my favorites herein. It’s characterized by powerful protagonists, a setting in which magic exists, and a potentially world-ending threat that our heroes must overcome. There’s a specific flavor of fantasy novel called epic fantasy. I have early memories of The Chronicles of Narnia, A Wizard of Earthsea, and The Elfstones of Shannara, all of which I read before high school. I’ve read fantasy and science fiction books almost exclusively since I was ten or twelve years old.
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