| Mooseworks8 | 28 May 2016 6:25 a.m. PST |
I want to find a new book or series that has some epic fantasy warfare to it. That's my only requirement. Fantasy armies on the move to fight battles big and small. Thanks! |
| RittervonBek | 28 May 2016 6:33 a.m. PST |
Black company by glen cook. |
| Black Cavalier | 28 May 2016 7:02 a.m. PST |
I was going to suggest the Black Company books too |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 28 May 2016 7:04 a.m. PST |
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| Kropotkin303 | 28 May 2016 8:53 a.m. PST |
Orcs books by Stan Nicholls were pretty good. A roving band of orcs caught in a bigger story than they knew about. Very entertaining. |
| DeHewes | 28 May 2016 9:17 a.m. PST |
The Red Knight by Miles Cameron seems to fit your description pretty well. It's set in an late medieval Western Europe type setting, strong emphasis on combat and tactics. |
| Black Cavalier | 28 May 2016 10:54 a.m. PST |
There's also the Black Library publisher that has books set in the gw warhammer fantasy world. I'm having difficulty remembering any that have epic battles though. Most are smaller or skirmish battles. But any of the books having to do with major events in the warhammer world, like the Storm of Chaos or the End Times would more likely have big battles. |
| Winston Smith | 28 May 2016 1:26 p.m. PST |
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| Callsign 21 | 28 May 2016 2:17 p.m. PST |
+1 for the Red Knight books. The Deeds of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon had some interesting stuff on the organisation, training and running of a fantasy mercenary unit. The heroine starts as a spear carrier and works her way up. |
| KTravlos | 30 May 2016 2:20 a.m. PST |
Comics: Artesia by Mark Smylie has pretty decent mass combat. Books: Iron Throne, the Deamons-War Saga by Feist. |
| Thomas Thomas | 31 May 2016 10:39 a.m. PST |
Also recommend the Red Knight books (first is the best all are worth reading). Did not like Black Company – dry and caustic. TomT |
| steam flunky | 01 Jun 2016 11:03 p.m. PST |
It has probably not been mentioned as everyone assumes it does not need to be, but the mother of epic fantasy battles must be "The Silmarillion". |
| fullerena | 06 Jun 2016 1:40 a.m. PST |
Black Company, of course. The March North by Graydon Saunders is an excellent military fantasy novel too. Fairly high-magic, in a world that's basically what you'd get in a world with powerful magic-users being around for millennia – a nightmarish hellscape where there are species of giant fire-breathing venomous ducks that occasionally eat children. The worldbuilding is endlessly intriguing, and the writing style is terse and takes a while to get used to, but I ended up liking it a lot. The book's about a battalion in a quiet region of a small civilised nation that's managed to carve out some sort of sanity for itself through cooperation rather than just domination by the biggest mage around. Well, it was quiet, but something may be coming over the border… There are several military engagements, an experimental artillery battery, and some really interesting and cool uses of necromancy. link has a brief excerpt from the opening. It's good! Sadly it's only available in ebook form, and only from Google, but they'll give you a DRM-free ebook you can read on a PC, kindle or iOS thing. The sequels are not military fantasy, but are fascinating in their own ways. It may go back to military stuff at some point, and it is a standalone first novel. |
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