Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy discussion

Looking for some book suggestions for my 17 year old son. Want to pick up a few books for his birthday.

He loved Brent Weeks' Night Angel books (and his Lightbringer books as well.)

Assassin's Creed is one of his fave games, and he's read a few of the spin-offs but wasn't impressed.

I got him "A Dance of Cloaks" for Christmas but he was just meh about it.

Anyone have suggestions based on this info?

Check out Douglas Hulick's Kin series. I just finished the first book and thought it was a good rollicking adventure. There's some use of the 'f' word, but it's used sparingly. The second book is out already and I believe the third is on the way.

Also, Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch might be another good one. It's more rogues than assassins, but a good read.

EDIT: I have a Goodreads bookshelf dedicated to assassin fantasy books. It's by no means comprehensive, but might be a good starting point.

Scott wrote: "Check out Douglas Hulick's Kin series. I just finished the first book and thought it was a good rollicking adventure. There's some use of the 'f' word, but it's used sparingly. The second book is o..."

Oh, wow! Thanks so much. I'll peruse your shelf!

Cool. Hope it helps.

I realized I also have this list going. Feel free to add anything you think is missing.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

I would recommend Robin Hobb's. Farseer Series. The first book is called Assassin's Apprentice. I would classify it as high fantasy. It's probably my favorite series, and I try to talk it up whenever I can!

I've read Brent Weeks Night Angel series, and I'd say they share some common themes, but are vastly different. Might be worth a look!

Bryce wrote: "I would recommend Robin Hobb's. Farseer Series. The first book is called Assassin's Apprentice. I would classify it as high fantasy. It's probably my favorite series, and I try to talk it up whenev..."

I actually have that book on my To Read shelf. Maybe I'll get it for myself THEN pass it along to my son!

It's not all fantasy but he may enjoy the Rogues anthology edited by George R R Martin and Gardner Dozois. It's purposely cross-genre but I've been really enjoying it.

There's no entire book focused on Sir Terry Pratchett's Assassins' Guild, but that operation and the primary novels they appear in are listed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankh-Mor...

A lighter tone to the arts of "inhuming" individuals.

The mention of Rogues & Discworld reminded me of a series of Shared-world anthologies, Thieves' World, put together by Robert Asprin as Lynn Abbey back in the 80's. A little like GRRM's Wild Cards series, each author created some characters and develop the part of the city of Sanctuary, with an overall plot device motivating each anthology. As you might expect from the title, it's full of unsavory people. A lot of clever authors contributed, including Brunner, Cherryh, Haldeman, Anderson, Bradley, Offut, Farmer, & Morris.

My favorite fantasy assassin is Vlad Taltos in Steven Brust's series by that name. It starts with Jhereg. Excellent!

Today We Choose Faces by Roger Zelazny features a Mafia hit man who uses cryogenics to travel into the future & turn into a shepherd of mankind, sort of. Very good.