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Looking for "R-rated", gritty, gorey high fantasy books (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

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I wanna read something that's fucking brutal with fighting and sex and all the things, but also WELL WRITTEN (so NOT George R.R. Martin, I can't stand his shit). I want Lord of the Rings on crack and steroids.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I remember a book series called "something of Krondor" or "Krondor the something" that was really violent and brutal. They made some RPGs based on it too, but I don't think they were ever popular; I have never encountered anyone else who ever read the books or played the games.

Read 'em in highschool and I haven't really thought about it since which is why I can't really remember the complete title or who the author was.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have never encountered anyone else who ever read the books or played the games.

Well now you have. I played (and finished) Betrayal at Krondor.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

That game was fun, but it was really big and easy to get bogged down by like halfway through it. I started it a lot but never managed to get through it all.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I never got to play the full game, myself. Had a demo of it on one of those CDs that had like 50 "games" on it, all demos or shareware versions. But it is what made me notice the first book I read after seeing it in my high school's library, since I recognized the name already.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Krondor the Betrayal by Raymond E Feist

All his books are great and most are connected in one big world (though you don’t have to read them as one epic series to enjoy them). Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master are commonly 2 of my top recommendations for people getting into fantasy.

A bunch are on sale on Kobo right now too.