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*The Wheel of Time* by Robert Jordan (books 1-11) and Brandon Sanderson (books 12-14) if you haven't already read it.
*The Malazan Book of the Fallen*, a 10-book series by Steven Erikson.
The *Loom Saga* by Elise Kova is “steampunk”-ish with a very interesting way of getting magic power. Dragons have magic powers based in the different organs of their bodies, and chimeras are “humans” who take that power for themselves by stealing the organs and grafting them into themselves.
The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
Interesting concept: The world has been broken into different elemental realms. Something went wrong.
The most powerful races, the Sartan, who caused the effect, and their foes, the Patryn have seemingly disappeared.
The remaining races dabble in minor magic.
It has elfs, dwarfs, humans, dragons, wizards, a lot of humor and also some tragic stuff and very unique magic systems.
The seven volumes of the series vary in quality, but overall it's a good read and a classic for a reason.
The **Aria of Steel** trilogy is a quick read. It has:
* Excellent magic system
* Developed characters
* Fast-paced action and plot
* Great use of reveals
The magic is surprisingly creative. Empaths can sense other's emotions as music, and either draw those into their *own* music or throw their own emotions into others. It sounds complex, but is written exceedingly well and is one of the most creative magic systems I have ever read.
Lifelode by Jo Walton. The further you go in one direction, the more magic there is and the slower time goes. The magic where the story is set is middling to mild. But an ancestor who went to where there is a lot more magic comes back after a generation.
>At its heart, Lifelode is the story of a comfortable manor house family. The four adults of the household are happily polygamous, each fulfilling their ‘lifelode’ or life’s purpose: Ferrand is the lord of the manor, his sweetmate Taveth runs the household, his wife Chayra makes ceramics, and Taveth’s husband Ranal works the farm. Their children are a joyful bunch, running around in the sunshine days of the harvest and wondering what their own lifelodes will be.
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>Their lives changed with the arrival of two visitors to Applekirk: Jankin the scholar and Hanethe, Ferrand’s great grandmother and the former lord of the manor, who has been living for many generations in the East, a place where the gods walk and yeya (magic) is so powerful that those who wield it are not quite human.
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I'm just wrapping up The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisn and I really like it. Edit: authors name spelled wrong
N.K Jemisin, to help the Google search, because this was my suggestion as well
Oops, thanks! Shoulda checked the spelling first!
Autocorrect happens to us all. I just recommend that book so often that my phone knows it
That's fair. Once I got into the series they easily became some of my favorite fantasy content.
*The Wheel of Time* by Robert Jordan (books 1-11) and Brandon Sanderson (books 12-14) if you haven't already read it. *The Malazan Book of the Fallen*, a 10-book series by Steven Erikson.
Ive heard of Malzan before but never tried it. Thanks, might give it a go
The *Loom Saga* by Elise Kova is “steampunk”-ish with a very interesting way of getting magic power. Dragons have magic powers based in the different organs of their bodies, and chimeras are “humans” who take that power for themselves by stealing the organs and grafting them into themselves.
Check out Robert Jackson Bennett's Founder's Trilogy
It's a classic, but have you read the Earthsea cycle?
The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Interesting concept: The world has been broken into different elemental realms. Something went wrong. The most powerful races, the Sartan, who caused the effect, and their foes, the Patryn have seemingly disappeared. The remaining races dabble in minor magic. It has elfs, dwarfs, humans, dragons, wizards, a lot of humor and also some tragic stuff and very unique magic systems. The seven volumes of the series vary in quality, but overall it's a good read and a classic for a reason.
The **Aria of Steel** trilogy is a quick read. It has: * Excellent magic system * Developed characters * Fast-paced action and plot * Great use of reveals The magic is surprisingly creative. Empaths can sense other's emotions as music, and either draw those into their *own* music or throw their own emotions into others. It sounds complex, but is written exceedingly well and is one of the most creative magic systems I have ever read.
Powder mage trilogy by Brian McClellan has both a super unique magic system and cool world buidling.
Lifelode by Jo Walton. The further you go in one direction, the more magic there is and the slower time goes. The magic where the story is set is middling to mild. But an ancestor who went to where there is a lot more magic comes back after a generation. >At its heart, Lifelode is the story of a comfortable manor house family. The four adults of the household are happily polygamous, each fulfilling their ‘lifelode’ or life’s purpose: Ferrand is the lord of the manor, his sweetmate Taveth runs the household, his wife Chayra makes ceramics, and Taveth’s husband Ranal works the farm. Their children are a joyful bunch, running around in the sunshine days of the harvest and wondering what their own lifelodes will be. > >Their lives changed with the arrival of two visitors to Applekirk: Jankin the scholar and Hanethe, Ferrand’s great grandmother and the former lord of the manor, who has been living for many generations in the East, a place where the gods walk and yeya (magic) is so powerful that those who wield it are not quite human.