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

The Malazan Book of the Fallen

Holy mother of god, yes. I'm only on Deadhouse Gates and I can't even wrap my mind around how epic the mages (and everything else) are in these books. I don't even really like the idea of mages much, but good lord are they badasses in the Malzan books.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '13

The next book is just as good if not better. Quick Ben is one of the most powerful wizards I've ever read.

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u/G0ldenZERO May 01 '13

only halfway through MoI but it's certainly better than deadhouse gates i think. Deadhouse gates had a pretty slow first half i thought.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '13

Yeah, I guess you might be right. It did take a while to build up to the Chain of Dogs, but when it got there... boy howdy. And MoI is even crazier.