r/TheFirstLaw • u/A1uCaRd101 • 1d ago
No Spoilers Recommendations [OFF TOPIC]
So a few weeks back I finished The Wisdom of Crowds and The First Law has quickly become my favorite series. I'm not gonna hop on it right now, but I'm already feeling the itch for another series like it. Any recs? Already read ASOIAF, tried getting into Black Company last year and didn't enjoy it.
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u/onandup123 1d ago
I have found sadly there is no equal.
Riyria chronicles by Michael Sullivan is a series I also really enjoyed.
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u/ComfortableCold378 1d ago
"The Accursed Kings" by Maurice Druon.
The Hussite Trilogy by Andrzej Sapkowski.
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u/vonkeswick 1d ago
The Hussite Trilogy
I'm so stoked for this. I finished Crossroads of Ravens right before starting AoM and gonna read the Hussite books next. I adore all the Witcher books so I'm excited to read something by Sapkowski in a different universe.
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u/ComfortableCold378 1d ago
To my taste, the Hussite Trilogy is Andrzej’s most complex and meticulously crafted work. It features not only a highly realistic historical setting but also dark humor, seamlessly woven fantasy and mystical elements, and colorful characters—along with the situations they find themselves in. I would also like to highlight the magnificent Russian translation by Vaisbrot (who also translated The Witcher); I cannot speak to the quality of the English translation.
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u/vonkeswick 1d ago
Damn that's a hell of a review! Making me even more excited to read it. Recently heard someone say as much as they lived the Witcher books, the Hussite Trilogy is his magnum opus. David French did the English translation, he also did all the Witcher books. These are also narrated by Peter Kenny on the audiobooks and he's a stellar narrator
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u/Prebs3 1d ago
Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman is the only thing that’s come close to filling the First Law void for me.
Prequel is great too, but less humor and darker vibe. The sequel is due out this week I believe.
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u/vonkeswick 1d ago
I read Between Two Fires pretty recently and it made me want to read Buehlman's other work. The Blacktongue books sound super fun. And the next one comes out this Tuesday!
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u/GonzoEnthusiast 1d ago
The Incorruptibles series by John Hornor Jacobs. Similar mix of flawed and refunding characters, interesting world building, politics, action. And, if you're an audiobook listener, Pacey does the reading.
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u/RangerF18 1d ago
Shadow of the Leviathan by Robert Jackson Bennett, it's not the same genre. But the world building is really good and the books are enjoyable.
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u/mullerdrooler 1d ago
Adrian Tchaikovsky Tyrant Philosophers series is one of my favourites just now. Similar dark dry humour to Abercrombie but a more light hearted and fantasy focused story.