Here is a list of 8 fantasy Books Better Than The Wheel of Time.
The Iron Crown (Dragon Spirits #1) by L.L. MacRae
From the blurb:
Fenn’s first and only memory is finding himself in the middle of a forest, face to face with a dragon spirit mocking him, all knowledge gone apart from his own name.
Lost and confused, his only hope for answers is Calidra—a woman living on the edge of the world with her partner….
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen #1) by Steven Erikson
From the blurb:
Bled dry by interminable warfare, infighting and bloody confrontations with Lord Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, the vast, sprawling Malazan empire simmers with discontent.…
Illborn (The Illborn Saga #1) by Daniel T. Jackson
From the blurb:
Long ago, The Lord Aiduel emerged from the deserts of the Holy Land, possessed with divine powers. He used these to forcibly unite the peoples of Angall, before His ascension to heaven.…
Assassin’s Apprentice (Farseer #1) by Robin Hobb
From the blurb:
The kingdom of the Six Duchies is on the brink of civil war when news breaks that the crown prince has fathered a bastard son and is shamed into abdication. The child’s name is Fitz, and he is despised.…
The Way of Edan (The Edan Trilogy #1) by Philip Chase
From the blurb:
The Kingdom of the Eternal will awaken when the Way of Edan holds sway over all of Eormenlond. So say the prophecies. With unrivalled power in the gift, the Supreme Priest Bledla leads Torrlond and its mighty army to convert rival kingdoms by the sword and by the fang.…
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R.R. Martin
From the blurb:
Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.
As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must … and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty….
Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken #1) by Ryan Cahill
From the blurb:
Born in fire. Tempered in blood.
Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the South squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of the North….
The Forgetting Moon (The Five Warrior Angels #1) by Brian Lee Durfee
From the blurb:
War has come to the Five Isles. A merciless host driven by the Angel Prince, Aeros, has its sights on the unconquered kingdom of Gul Kana.…
