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Reddit mentions of Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War Book 1)
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We found 4 Reddit mentions of Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War Book 1). Here are the top ones.
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| Release date | June 2014 |
There's still time to emotionally scar a loved one. Run to the book store, drive there at excessive speed, teleport if you can.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052RERW8/ref=rdr_ext_sb_ti_hist_1
or for more laughs and marginally fewer decapitations:
http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Fools-Red-Queens-Book-ebook/dp/B00G3L1338/ref=asap_B004HNAQOQ?ie=UTF8
Happy holidays!
I was going to suggest the Broken Empire series by Mark Lawrence, but it looks like 2 people already beat me to that. I'll just add that I loved that series. The hero is like Machiavelli's wet dream.
Mark Lawrence's new series -- The Red Queen's War -- also features a hero that's not very heroic.
Fight Club, by Chuck Pahlaniuk also fits. But really, most of Pahlaniuk's work features protagonists so amoral that they're practically nihilistic: Choke, Survivor, Rant: the Oral Biography of Buster Casey, and the (in my opinion) under-rated Lullaby.
I'm also tempted to suggest Home Land, by Sam Lipsyte. But its hero is probably more cynical than amoral. It's about a guy whose high school nickname was Teabag (for probably obvious reasons). His high school reunion is coming up, and he's sending letters to the alumni newsletter. According to his updates -- which for some reason aren't getting published in the newsletter along with everyone's anniversary and birth announcements and stuff -- he's not doing well. The book is hilarious. But it also ends with some form of redemption, so it might not be what you're looking for.
Edit -- I should have also suggested I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan. I mean, the protagonist is the Devil. He's not really completely amoral, but I think it fits, since he's telling his side of the story.
In terms of stuff /r/fantasy loves, /u/MarkLawrence's Broken Empire trilogy (about an evil stabby bastard) has been a favorite (you can also start with Prince of Fools, which is the same world, but not as brutal), and I liked /u/robinhobb's Assassin's Apprentice (what it says on the tin) also. Robin Hobb's probably the best modern fantasy author I've found so far in terms of writing mechanics, but the first book is really slow until the last 1/3. Also really enjoyed Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora (thieves in fantasy Venice).
For brain candy, I frequently return to Tamora Pierce's Trickster's Choice/Trickster's Queen. Spies and coups in fantasy Malaysia.
Further into YA, Incarceron and Sapphique (labyrinthine steampunk prison + faux medieval outside world) were quite good.
Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire universe is like this. Start with either Prince of Thorns or Prince of Fools.