Some time back I read The Eye Of the Hunter by Dennis McKiernan. This is high fantasy in the tradition of Tolkien but unlike many wannabe epic fantasies, this is the real thing. This may, in some ways be even better than Tolkien, heresy though that may be.
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The thing that really sets this book apart from so many others is that the bad guy is truly a sonofabitch. He is an awful, terrible, no-good, evil sonofabitch. Possibly the most evil bastard of all fantasy literature. I have, over the years re-read Eye of the Hunter several times and will continue to re-read it just to shudder at the vileness of the villain.
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If you are a fan of High fantasy and have not read this, then please, pick up a copy at my Amazon bookstore:
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