Sad not to see Kearney on there, as his book was the most 'Gemmell-like' by about a light-year.
For me it's Abercrombie all the way. Last Argument of Kings is the best conclusion to a fantasy trilogy, erm, ever (if you don't count Lord of the Rin...
My favourite fantasy 'book' of all time is definitely The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. My favourite fantasy 'novel' is A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin.
Other works I rankly highly are R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing Trilogy, Joe Aberc...
Robert Jordan gave permission before his death for someone else to finish the series and left a series of very, very detailed notes for them to complete the book from, including 50,000 words of his own prose (including the prologue and final chapt...
I think the idea behind The Ten Thousand is one of showing the chaos of war. In Kearney's other works where a war is featured - his excellent Monarchies of God sequence for example - there are clear political, religious and sociological reasons fo...
Hi Adam - welcome to the site! Hope you will check-out the Nominees and then come over to the Forum to let us know who you think should win... We love the cut and thrust of debate... swords checked at the door though!