Reddit reviews Dragon Wing (The Death Gate Cycle, Book 1)

Although I've been reading Discworld books since I was very young I don't own a lot of other fantasy style books but people do tend to buy me them thinking I must be totally into that genre.

A while back someone bought me the first book of The Death Gate Cycle

Whilst it's not really anything like Discworld, I'd recommend it once you've read all 40+ Pratchett books. However, like the Discworld books, I don't think anyone has ever listened to my recommendation.

Have you tried .. every "pop" fantasy book ever?


The Shannara books are pretty popular. https://www.amazon.com/Sword-Shannara-Trilogy-Terry-Brooks/dp/0345453751


So are the Discworld books (a bit more tongue in cheek).
https://www.amazon.com/Color-Magic-Discworld-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0062225677


Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series is really good. https://www.amazon.com/Wizards-First-Rule-Sword-Truth/dp/0812548051

If you want to branch out into fantasy that isn't swords and wizards, you can move into things like The Deathgate Cycle. https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Wing-Death-Gate-Cycle/dp/0553286390


All of these have pretty interesting worlds with a hero that saves the day.

Have you considered the Death Gate cycle by Weis/Hickman?

It follows the story of Haplo, one of the descendants of two warring factions of seemingly-all-powerful magic users. His people were locked away for centuries after "losing" the war and have only recently begun breaking free from their prison. Haplo is tasked to go through "Death's Gate" to scout the other worlds in preparation for his people's return to power.

The first thing he discovers is that no one remembers his people, and "the enemy" is nowhere to be found...

Edit: Don't go to wikipedia for this one, the article is spoilery as hell and you will enjoy the series much more if the revelations occur organically. Here's book 1 of the 7 book series.

http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Wing-Death-Gate-Cycle/dp/0553286390

Death Gate Cycle is probably one of my favorite series aside from WoT and Sanderson books.
https://smile.amazon.com/Dragon-Wing-Death-Gate-Cycle/dp/0553286390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466613725&sr=8-1&keywords=death+gate+cycle

It isn't really anything like The Dark Tower, but if you want to try something off the beaten path, I love The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis / Tracy Hickman (the duo that did Dragonlance). It's a multi-world seven-book series, fantasy (though not as "high fantasy" as Dragonlance), and the first book is called Dragon Wing.

http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Wing-Death-Gate-Cycle/dp/0553286390

Let's see... at your age, I started reading Wizard's First Rule and was immediately hooked. And around 14-15 I was really into Dragon Wing.

Both are excellent books in the fantasy genre, although the former is part of a very long series, while the latter is only seven books long.