Seven Excellent Escapist Adventure Fantasy Books
Illustration from The Three Musketeers by Maurice Leloir (D. Appleton & Company, 1911) It’s never a bad time for adventure fantasy, but I would posit that now is the best time for adventure fantasy. Here are some of my favourites, hand-selected for escapism, intrigue, high density of swordfights, and sheer enjoyment. Ideal if you have a fire handy to curl up beside. (Surely I am not the only one with a persistent daydream of sitting in a huge wingback armchair before a crackling hearth?) I read this trilogy—beginning with The Ninth Rain—back to back, start to finish, something I do...