Need recommendation for an adventure

[rutgurt]

Im searching Amazon and im not having any luck finding a sci fi, fantasy, non-fiction or thriller that interests me. Im looking for something adventurous, but not something thats incredibly epic, like the scope of lord of the rings. Its hard to explain what im looking for, but I need something that is centered mainly around a single character, on an adventure, and maybe it doesnt concern saving the whole world.

Has anyone ever read the Faferd and Grey Mouser series??? Im looking for something adventurous sord of like that. Its just about 2 guys, exploring the world, going on an adventure for their own gains and benefits. Its a bit like Indiana Jones in a sci fi fantasy world.

Any suggestions anyone? Im dying for an adventure... Basically, something that deals with traveling adventurous lands maybe...

The Dark Tower series is another good example, but a bit too deep and full of great meanings and stuff, but I like how they are always on the travel and its centered around 1 group of characters mainly. No switching. Someone help me please!

By the way, im stuck in Egypt right now studying, and my mom said she will send the book with my sister who is visiting next month. So make sure its a good one! I can choose 1 or 2 books, 3 at most.

[ben1xy]

Im searching Amazon and im not having any luck finding a sci fi, fantasy, non-fiction or thriller that interests me. Im looking for something adventurous, but not something thats incredibly epic, like the scope of lord of the rings. Its hard to explain what im looking for, but I need something that is centered mainly around a single character, on an adventure, and maybe it doesnt concern saving the whole world.

Has anyone ever read the Faferd and Grey Mouser series??? Im looking for something adventurous sord of like that. Its just about 2 guys, exploring the world, going on an adventure for their own gains and benefits. Its a bit like Indiana Jones in a sci fi fantasy world.

Any suggestions anyone? Im dying for an adventure... Basically, something that deals with traveling adventurous lands maybe...

The Dark Tower series is another good example, but a bit too deep and full of great meanings and stuff, but I like how they are always on the travel and its centered around 1 group of characters mainly. No switching. Someone help me please!

By the way, im stuck in Egypt right now studying, and my mom said she will send the book with my sister who is visiting next month. So make sure its a good one! I can choose 1 or 2 books, 3 at most.

A book that i would recommend would be the Book of Joby. It's a fairly recent novel and quite simple. Or if u want something more slanted towards fantasy, a recent book that i picked up and really liked would the earthsea quartet. It's a 4-in-1 novel featuring the frist 4 book written by Ursula Le Guin. Oh and i forgot this. I also enjoyed Talion: Revenant. A pretty short novel jampacked with action!

[rutgurt]

thanks for your suggestion, i will check the last one out maybe. The first one sord of turns me off by its draws to Christian rhetoric and also, even tho i said i like Faferd and Grey Mousers atmosphere and characters, im not really in the mood for a book composed of short stories. I want something with a begining, middle and end. If you have anymore suggestions please let me know. I dont feel like a complicated story either with a ton of crazy character twists and such. I dont want to get lost. I want something i can read while laying down.

[DailyAlice]

Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora

Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber

Maybe Terry Pratchett's Pyramids (since you're in Egypt)

[rutgurt]

Nice, anything else with sord of a stereotypical orientalist feel to it?? Maybe something that feels a little more middle-ages or Islamic era and not ancient Egypt pharohnic era? That would be perfect for my setting in Cairo.

[Bond]

Maybe Dave Duncan's King's Blades series. Or maybe Carey's Kushiel series. Both based in European medieval setting but with a foray into more mysterious lands in one of the books. Guy Gavriel Kay's Sarantine Mosaic or Lions of al-Rassan have a reflective kind of tone that you'd also find in the Kushiel books. If you want primarily adrenalin pumping books though you might want to look at other recommends first. Generally low magic books, almost pseudo history.

Bakker's Prince of Nothing resembles a crusade but is pretty epic and tending toward the heavy and psychological not swashbuckling adventure.

Haven't read Monarchies of God but I think from the description part of it occurs in a Near East kind of setting.

If you want a high D&D magic romp with djinns and efreets populating the cast and gods vying against one another The Rose of the Prophet might be something to look at.

If you haven't read it yet or are unfamiliar with the Crusades and really liked the movie Kingdom of Heaven and are curious about that period you might want to read if I recall correctly Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman but that's more like following an army around.

[Gildor]

I see the word adventure and I thought about Tim Powers immediately.

The Drawing of the Dark, this is probably one of my favourite 'adventure' books ever, good sense of humour, some dark magic, a very very readable alternate history slant focused around Vienna and yet when it boils down to it, its all about beer, heh.

plus

Anubis Gates, this would also be a good one to check out, as it has a bit of an Egyptian connection, plus some time travelling exploits, a werewolf, and the nefarious beggar underbelly of London is really brought to life, and it has Byron in, and crazy gypsies

[Tickle]

Im searching Amazon and im not having any luck finding a sci fi, fantasy, non-fiction or thriller that interests me. Im looking for something adventurous, but not something thats incredibly epic, like the scope of lord of the rings. Its hard to explain what im looking for, but I need something that is centered mainly around a single character, on an adventure, and maybe it doesnt concern saving the whole world.


By the way, im stuck in Egypt right now studying, and my mom said she will send the book with my sister who is visiting next month. So make sure its a good one! I can choose 1 or 2 books, 3 at most.

Well the Kushiel Series by Jacqueline Carey (3 books) is very good. You might also want to try The Black Jewels Trilogy (It comes in a one book omnibus edition) by Anne Bishop and it has 4 main characters and is set in a magical world (not your basic medival one).

[ben1xy]

Nice, anything else with sord of a stereotypical orientalist feel to it?? Maybe something that feels a little more middle-ages or Islamic era and not ancient Egypt pharohnic era? That would be perfect for my setting in Cairo.

Ever considered Tim Willock's The Religion which dealt a a little with the crusades? Actually i would strongly recommend Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy, however this would take uo 3 books which means that u would meet your book quota. If u're looking for a more far eastern oreintalistic feel. Tales of Otori is actually a rather good read.

[columbob]

I just finished reading Un Lun Dun by China Miéville last night, and it was a nice, quick and refreshing read. Of course it's not medieval, but the book's highly imaginative and gives a nice twist to the old prophecy standard. It reminded me at times of Lewis Carroll's Alice stories.

[columbob]

Double post.

[Luke_B]

Try some historical fiction. Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories are about a warrior named Uhtred in ninth-century England who has been dispossessed of his castle in Northumbria and goes on a series of adventures:

The Last Kingdom(2004)
The Pale Horseman (2005)
The Lords of the North (2006)
Sword Song (2007)

[Esmenet]

I will second Bakkers Prince of Nothing as well as Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora.

[monolith]

I think Jennifer Roberson's Tiger and Del books fit the description pretty good.

You've got first person narration, adventure, humour and a lot of stereotypical oriental elements.

[Scott]

Maybe you could try Robert E. Howard's Conan series, it's sword and sorcery that doesn't have the epic 'save the world' quest. It's along the same vein as Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.