does anyone have any recommendations on a good fantasy fiction book?

Question

please recommend a book, and include a short summary (also, tell me if the book includes anything (ie:) inappropriate)

Answer 1

'The Magician' by Raymond E. Feist

"The book tells the story of Pug, a magician's apprentice in Crydee. Before long Pug's emerging powers have produced two miracles - but they also lead him into a series of adventures."

There is much more to the story than just Pug as well. It is one of the greatest fantasy stories that I have ever read!

Answer 2

Tamara Pierce, has several quartet books dealing with a girl trying to become a squire and then a knight when society states that only males can. the first quartet the girl hides here identity and pretends to be a Boy, later the next Quartet is the first girl that goes Thur the same training after they make a rule to allow women to become knights. there are of course wars and magical beings and so forth. I saw someone mention the Dragon riders of Pern, those are great books.
Lois Duncan, does suspense thrillers, some with interesting twists into magic. there are the books that the new movie with the dragon edragon and ergon, i haven't read them yet and can't remember who they are by but i hear they are really good
Tamra Pierce again with the two circle of magic quartets, where four teenagers learn they have magic and they must go Thur training to learn how to use and control them so they don't hurt others. and the next Quartet deals with them finding apprentices and training them, new ones on that series are still coming out

Answer 3

The Paradise War by Stephen R. Lawhead.

Strange things are happening in England. Wolves are seen on the streets of London and an aurochs appears along the highway. Lewis Gillies travels with a friend to Scotland where a mythical creature has been sighted and gets sucked pulled into the time-between-time, place-between-place of Celtic lore. He finds himself in an alternate Britain called Albion, where all is not well, and the effects are bleeding into the real Britian.

I can't remember anything inappropriate in this novel. I loved it and it's the first of a trilogy.

Answer 4

Garth Nix writes very good fantasy/fiction books. There are two series that I recommend.
(1) Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen.
-these are based on the story of the abhorsen, a warrior against those in the afterlife who try to come back. its a great trilogy with dynamic characters. the plot is one that keeps you reading till the very end.
(2)The Seventh Tower (a total of 6 books)
-(from the back of the 2nd volume)-The Dark World is in danger, for the Veil protecting it is vulnerable. A war is brewing among the Underfolk rebels, the fierce Icecarls, and a hidden, shadowy evil that is just now letting itself be known. As shadows rage, ancient spells return, illusion reigns, and corruption threatens, the search for hope is the bravest quest. It is up to two young heroes, Tal and Milla, to fend off their own darkness in order to save their world from destruction. There is mystery, magic, and imagination at work here. and the \Seventh Tower is the key to it all.

another good book is 'The Ropekeeper,' by Peter Dickinson.
(from the back of book summary)- Tilja has grown up in the peaceful Valley, which is protected from the fearsome Empire by an enchanted forest. But the forest's power has begun to fade, and the Valley is in danger. Tilja is the youngest of four brave souls who venture int o the Empire together to find the mysterious magician who can save the Valley. And to mych to her amazement, Tilja gradually learns that only she, an ordinary girl with no magical powers, has the ability to protect her group and theur quest from the Empire's sorcerers.

I really loved all of these books. Also check out Robin McKinley's books as well if you like these ones. If you go to Barnes & Nobles website, then you can read excerpts from all of the books. Enjoy! ~

Answer 5

Dragon Riders of Pern & Animorphs



I like the Dragonriders of Pern books by Anne McCaffrey. You should probably start with Dragonflight.

Wikipedia overveiw:
Pern at first glance appears to be a pre-industrial society with lords, holds, harpers (musicians, entertainers, and teachers), and dragons, with the occasional examples of higher technology (like flamethrowers, telegraph, chemical fertilizers, and powerful microscopes and telescopes).

Pernese people are separated into four basic groups: Weyrfolk (including Dragonriders) who live in the Weyrs, the Holders who live in the Holds (cities, towns and farms), the crafters who live in Crafthalls (or are assigned to work their crafts in certain Holds), and the Holdless who have no permanent home (including traders, displaced Holders, and brigands).

Thread is a mycorrhizoid spore that periodically rains down on the planet due to the orbit of the Red Star. The Red Star is a rogue planet in the Rukbat system. The Red Star, a Sedna-class inner Oort cloud object, has a 250 Turn (Pernese year) elliptic orbit around its sun. Thread can reach the planet Pern for about 50 Turns while the Red Star is at perihelion. Thread consumes organic material at a voracious rate, including crops, animals, and any humans in its path.

The Pernese use intelligent firebreathing dragons and their riders to fight Thread. The riders have a telepathic bond with their dragons, formed by Impression at the dragon's hatching. Later books deal with the initial colonization of Pern and the creation of the dragons through genetic manipulation. The lengthy (over two millennia) time period covered by the series as a whole gives room for new stories and characters, as the more recent novels have done.




Another good series is Animorphs. In which humans aquire the abilitiy to morph into animals in order to fight a secret alien invasion. The aliens are slug-like (called Yeerks) being able to completely control someone (humans and other aliens) if they're able to literaly get in thier head. The ability, or rather technology, is given by a dying Andalite that crash landed to earth.

Answer 6

The City of Ember which has a second book, The People of Sparks.

Its a really good book where a tiny village lives underground and discovers the surface of the world where there is another village. There is nothing inappropriate about this book... It's for all ages.

Answer 7

My absolute favorite book is called "Songsmith" and it's by Andre Norton and A.C. Crispin.

First line: "Years of salt spray borne by fierce winds encrusted the walls guarding the steep lane leading up from the wharves, painting dirty white splotches on the age--blackened stones."

``There are times,'' says the prologue, ``when the music and the tale are worth it all,''

My favorite line: "She lunged, sword driving before her like a steel wind..."

This is a beautifully woven story about a young girl searching for a cure for her father, a way to rescue her stolen mother, and searching for herself. Along the way she meets a remarkable young man and makes some startling discoveries about her innate abilities. It's a Witch world novel so if you've ever read any of Andre Norton's Witch world series, you'll know the setting. Magic, love, adventure, suspense; this novel has it all. You'll love it, I have it in paperback and hardcover and have read it at least eight or ten times. Good luck!

Answer 8

Legend by David Gemmell
This book is about Druss, an aging hero who goes to fight his final battle against an unstoppable barbarian horde. Gemmell was one of the best fantasy writers ever, Legend was his first book. All the other books in his Drenai saga are awesome, but Legend is my favorite. There are parts with some strong language and also, some well described battle scenes, but nothing too graphic.

Summary from back of the book:
Druss, Captain of the Axe, was the stuff of legends. But even as the stories grew in the telling, Druss himself grew older. He turned his back on his own legend and retreated to a mountain lair to await his old enemy, death. Meanwhile, barbarian hordes were on the march. Nothing could stand in their way. Druss reluctantly agreed to come out of retirement. But could even Druss live up to his own legends?

Answer 9

the twilight series by stephenie meyer! the first book is "twilight" the second is "new moon" and shes working on the third and fourth. its about forbidden love between a vampire and a human girl. don't worry there is nothing inappropriate. its very sweet. and kinda intense too. but nothing inappropriate.

Answer 10

'A Wizard Of Earthsea', by Ursula K. leGuin
Sparrowhawk's coming of age and his deadly struggle with a sinister creature that is called from the shadows.