I love the first law series and the side story books.  

Looking for more dark fantasy like him.  What do you guys suggest?  

His other trilogy, Half a King, Half a War, and Half the World, are great, too.

Black Company books by Glen Cook.

Raven's Shadow series by Anthony Ryan.

And of course Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.

Oh, and The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss.

I've read Black Company and A Song of Ice and Fire.





I'm looking for more Violence.  I'm having The Bloody Nine rage murdering withdrawl.   I actually just got done reading Sharp Ends and the last scene of the book really made me miss Logan Ninefingers.



I bought Half a King, but I haven't read it yet.  I should probably start that up.





 

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It's a loooot darker than Abercrombie but r Scott Bakker's second apocalypse series is outstanding.  

If you're missing the bloody nine, you might enjoy Some of the battle scenes in Bakker's books.   The best two examples of   barbarian warriors   I've ever come across in fiction were Logan Ninefingers and Cnaiur Skiotha (Bakker's version).  Both are powerful but also intelligent, cunning and vicious as hell.  Cnaiur is also a genuinely tormented soul with powerful motivation which was fun to uncover.  

Patrick rothfuss was ok, but his second book was nowhere near as good as his first book.  Plus he strikes me as a SJW.  Female super soldiers who men can't hope to compete against, the crazy moon chick in the sewers, how Kvothes enemy is like a clone of Draco Malfoy...etc.  plus his novella/short story thing that he released as his big announcement last year was like the gayest thing I've ever read.

I read Bakker's prince of nothing series.  I dont remember much wxcept for real heady stuff and lots of bloodshed.  I' might have to check out Skiotha's book then.



 

Be warned the Half a King series of books are Young Adult fiction.  So while well written, they are definitely toned down from Abercrombie's other works.  I didn't realize Half a King was YA fiction until I was about 3/4 of the way through, because I asked a friend (who had read it earlier) if they found it a bit "tamer" than other works by Abercrombie, and the answer I received was "of course, it's YA fiction".

David Gemmel - Legend

It seems almost all of his books have a siege in it.

Brian Ruckley, Winterbirth and the sequels.  Should be around $7 in paperback or kindle.

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Check out Heroes Die by Matthew Stover.  The main protagonist isn't the typical 6'5" muscle bound brute, he's more of an anti-hero. The books are epic if you enjoyed Abercrombie.

Oh, MAN, I can't believe I forgot Heroes Die!

Dark fantasy?

Malazan Book of the Fallen...it will keep you busy for a while. Get the Esslemont books and the short stories as well.

I should be getting my copy on the new Esslemont book Dancer's Lament today if the delivery driver doesn't get squished by a falling tree or something.

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I had completely forgotten about this thread but I'm glad o wasn't the only one completely let down by Rothfuss's bullshit after 2013.  Doubt I'll even buy book 3 which is a shame cuz book 1 had sooo much promise.  

Some guys really can't handle the pressure and the formerly amazing series just turns to shit.  GRRM is the patron saint of those authors

I really tried to get into that series but I could never stop feeling like I was an outsider since I don't play tabletop card games.  True story

Just thought of another one.  

Saxon Tales by Bernard Cornwell.  

It's not fantasy, it's historical fiction (with a few fantasy elements every once in awhile).  Lots of biting social commentary about medieval Christianity and politics (from the perspective of a pagan no less), lots of vicious violence, clever jokes...etc.  

It's popular and now has a tv show on Netflix, called the Last Kingdom.  Check that out to see if you like the premise.  Naturally the book is better (though the show is still great).

I really enjoyed Kel Kades first two books third in the series in coming in a month.