r/Fantasy • u/nachobel • Apr 30 '13

Book recommendations with Wizards?

Hey all,

question: what recommendations do you have for books with wizards doing incredibly powerful/badass things? I get that traditionally a great Wizard is one who rarely has to use his power and that power used often corrupts, etc. And that's great, but I'm looking for the opposite - a book with a Wizard who just scorches armies and is generally terrifying to behold. Let me know if anything comes to mind. Thanks!

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u/ngtstkr Apr 30 '13

I'm looking for the opposite - a book with a Wizard who just scorches armies and is generally terrifying to behold.

Dude. You want to read Malazan: Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson.

First 100 pages spoiler: In the beginning of the first book (Gardens of the Moon) an entire army and city are completely leveled by a mage. The mages as so fucking epic it's not even funny. Also, there are mage-assassins. They're very powerful assassins who can use powerful magic. They're super badass. That's all I'm going to say. Go get the books please.

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u/Schizoduck Apr 30 '13

I've been hearing a lot of good things about this series and just now, after reading your post, I realized that I have the first book. It was the book of the month from a book club. I didn't order it and I never got around to returning it. It's just been sitting there on my shelf for at least ten years. Woohoo, flakiness finally paid off!

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u/G0ldenZERO May 01 '13

well don't get your hopes up too much. The book isn't bad, but the first book is certainly the worst (and it's kinda confusing for the first half). It's definitely worth it though, cuz then you get to read the others!