Farseer Trilogy
ftw....

Also, check out David Gemmel. My all-time favourite book is "Legend"

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 4:48, 2 replies)

I've been meaning to read that for a while

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:06, closed)

Checked out the Farseer trilogy (amazon £6)
It does look good, I like the assasain element to it, not much magic but I am sure this is developed a bit more within the trilogy. Had a quick look at Legend (amazon £5) as well. I feel there may be more scope for epic battles in this will check out both, as suspected Hobb is famed for her character development rather than epic battles etc....Cheers for the tips!
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:39, closed)

that is the case
if you want magic and violence then the Terry Goodkind stuff is for you
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 11:25, closed)

Since I last posted
I have been reading a whole bunch of reviews, the Farseer trilogy just sounds too good not to take a chance on it. Magic and violence is always a selling point for me but feeling empathy and knowing the characters is what keeps me going, will check out Goodkind as well, can't beat a magician going mental, thats why I loved Raymonds E Feist's Magician so much.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 11:43, closed)

Hobb's stuff really is very good
hope you enjoy it :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 15:24, closed)