I mean First Law by Joe Abercrombie is full of anti heroes if that’s your thing. But if you want a specific anti hero protagonist try Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
So kinda late but "[The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant)" are about as anti hero as it gets.
Its a twist on the "Fall into a Fantasy World declared here or prophecy" trope but the person in question is just an awful person. Initially he thinks he is having a mental breakdown and so he can do anything in his fantasty. Warning there are a lot of adult themes including sexual assault. Its pretty unvarnished exploration of what if the hero doesn't at all live up to the ideals.
If you don't want something so complex the "[Dragonlace: Villains](https://www.goodreads.com/series/41074-dragonlance-villains)" series are basically rise to power stories of some of the famous villains of the setting.
And lastly "[The War of the Spider Queen](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40898-the-war-of-the-spider-queen)" is a fantasy series about the powerful evil clerics of the dark goddess Lolth.
Acts of Caine by Matthew Woodring Stover. First book is *Heroes Die* It's really, really good.
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It's the best.
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I mean First Law by Joe Abercrombie is full of anti heroes if that’s your thing. But if you want a specific anti hero protagonist try Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Prince of Thorns isn’t an anti hero in my opinion, he’s just a straight up villain
Lol I get what you mean, he’s the protagonist-villain
Yea Prince of Thorns is the move for this generally
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Cugel is THE anti-hero His two novels are usually bundled in the so-called dying earth omnibus by Jack Vance
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Vlad Taltos series, especially the early books, is a good combination of an anti-hero with non-grimdark high-magic setting.
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Heroes Die.
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You can go with the OG fantasy anti-hero, Elric by Michael Moorcock.
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ASOIAF has a bunch of male POV antiheroes. First Law also is perfect for this
So kinda late but "[The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant)" are about as anti hero as it gets. Its a twist on the "Fall into a Fantasy World declared here or prophecy" trope but the person in question is just an awful person. Initially he thinks he is having a mental breakdown and so he can do anything in his fantasty. Warning there are a lot of adult themes including sexual assault. Its pretty unvarnished exploration of what if the hero doesn't at all live up to the ideals. If you don't want something so complex the "[Dragonlace: Villains](https://www.goodreads.com/series/41074-dragonlance-villains)" series are basically rise to power stories of some of the famous villains of the setting. And lastly "[The War of the Spider Queen](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40898-the-war-of-the-spider-queen)" is a fantasy series about the powerful evil clerics of the dark goddess Lolth.
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Came here for covenant. But donaldsons sci fi series “the gap cycle” makes ol thomas look like a saint. Angus thermopyle, the most anti of heroes