Feist's books!
'The Magician' is the best fantasy book since 'The Lord
Of The Rings'. It is the first book of a loooooooooooooooooong and epic saga.
There are to date around 29 books which must be read in chronological order as
follows:
Magician
Jimmy the Hand
Honoured Enemy
Murder in
LaMut
Daughter of the Empire
Silverthorn
A Darkness at Sethanon
Servant of the Empire
Krondor the Betrayal
Mistress of the Empire
Krondor the Assassins
Krondor Tear of the Gods
Prince of the Blood
The Kings Buccaneer
Shadow of a Dark Queen
Rise of a Merchant Prince
Rage of a Demon King
Shards of a Broken Crown
Talon of the Silver
Hawk
King of Foxes
Exiles Return
Flight of the Nighthawks
Into a Dark Realm
Wrath of a Mad God
Rides a Dread Legion
At the Gates of Darkness
A Kingdom Besieged
A Crown Imperiled
Magicians End
Don't let the amount of books put you off otherwise you will miss
out on an amazing journey that, collectively, these books will take you on. It
is an epic task in itself just reading each book one after the other but it is
so worth it and you will not regret it!
The Magician, in fact the entire collection of books, makes this story one of the most gripping and compelling fantasy reads you will ever experience.
The plot never gets lost in The Magician. The whole story comes together in the end with spectacular results. However, it is only after reading each book that you can really appreciate how
incredible and amazing Raymond Feist is! Raymond Feist gives you pictures, one
at a time, and they are beautiful pictures but they are part of a much bigger
picture. It is only when you put all the pictures together that you can really
appreciate the beauty of Raymond Feist has created. Sounds cliche but
true!
Raymond Feist has created the epic to end all epics! This is the
epic of epics! It is beyond anything you have ever imagined. The scale of the
world you're about to enter is so huge it is literally mind blowing. Raymond
Feist has created something in a league of it's own.
You get the usual fantasy elements - dragons, elves, dwarves, humans, goblins, malevolent beings,
Gods, magicians, massive battles, raging wars, etc. But Raymond Feist has
created something totally original and extremely addictive. Once you begin
reading the first book, you move on to the second and then the third and you
keep going because you can't stop. Raymond Feist's books are like Pringles.
'The Magician', one of the BBC best reads top 100, is centred around the
worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan. The Tsurani Empire from Kelewan invades Midkemia
through a rift causing a rift war between the Kelewans and the Midkemians.
The story starts with a boy called Pug and his friend Tomas who live at
the castle of Crydee, in a quiet corner of the Kingdom of Rillanon in Midkemia.
They start off as apprentices but by the end of the book they take on
instrumental roles in the rift war.
There is a medieval setting to Midkemia
in contrast to the Japanese like customs of the Kelewans and the huge lit of
characters does not bog down the book or complicate it.
'The Magician', the first book of the greatest epic tale in fantasy to date, is astounding.
Raymond Feist is a genius!
I consider myself to be an extremely lucky girl too, for I had the opportunity to meet the illustrator for Raymond Feist. Geoff Taylor has created the artwork for the covers for Raymond Feist's books. I met Geoff and his wife in Lancaster and he was a lovely man. He signed a card for me (I will put a photo of it up when I find it). Geoff Taylor also creates the covers and illustrations for Michelle Paver's books as well as for Jean M. Auel's Earth's Children Series and many other authors. His artwork is incredible.
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