It’s hard for me to put into words how incredibly awesome this series is. It is literally the best fantasy saga I have read and the author is putting out the books like a machine. The series is set during a tumultuous time in a fantasy land ripped by wars of conquest and wars of rebellion. In these books you will meet multiple near immortal badasses who wander the earth in search of answers, revenge, or just being awesome. You would think a book with so many seemingly overpowered characters would be cheesy and uninteresting especially since they seem to be around every corner; however, Erikson pulls it off well, because there aren’t just these ascendant beings in the books, there’s also simple soldiers just trying to survive, clever mages, manipulating noblemen, and many others.

The first book is Gardens of the Moon and can be a bit hard to grip because it just throws you into the middle of a war with tons of characters you don’t yet know and love. If you need to be spoonfed you won’t like this series but if you tough it out I am sure you will come to love it as much as I do.

P.S. No elves

-John