Recent Reads

Recently I have been going through Raymond E Feist’s books again. This happened when amazon recommended to me one of his recent books, Talon of the Silver Hawk.

I started reading it, quite enjoying it. But it felt awfully familiar (it’s a “typical” Feist book, a young man’s coming of age in the middle of sweeping events). Then halfway through you encounter characters from earlier books and it was a bit like meeting old friends.

So I started my way through the books again. I find it amazing that he managed to put most of his books in the same universe yet the settings and situations are diverse - and it stays mostly consistent. I also find it great the way he weaves an almost scientific/scifi view of magic in the books…

Magician, Silverthorn,  A darkness at Sethanon - Magician is still excellent on the third read and the others are still good too. Anyone who likes epic fantasy should read those.

Prince of the Blood - Picked up second hand. I don’t think i had read that one before and i like it a lot.  Two young men’s coming of age in the middle of sweeping events…

The King’s Buccaneer - more in the same vein, great read

After that I shall go through the serpentwar books and the empire books - this could get me to spring!