Epic Fantasy Books by Alikai Bronach

I really like this show. I watched it with one of my teenage sons and it was one of the few TV shows we've ever watched together. As a child of the 80s and 90s, I can appreciate the nostalgia of it, the good old fashioned values and togetherness of the friends. I never played D&D but I am a fantasy novelist and a gamer who has played World of Warcraft since day one (one of many digital evolutions of D&D). Click the above image to download my free  Stranger Things  Season 5 wallpaper. My friends and I were more into watching movies and playing Nintendo 64 at sleepovers, but the principle was the same. A cozy space with no adults allowed, snacks, cubbies and recreational entertainment. As for the biking all over the neighbourhood, that was something I did (or ride my horse), but my friends didn't have such affluence and usually walked everywhere. They would have loved Stranger Things , but as a youngster I avoided anything remotely horror or thriller. It wasn't until ...

How to find a good fantasy novel? There are a lot of fantasy novels available, so how do you choose a good one? Depending on your tastes, some fantasy stories will appeal to you more than others. Perhaps you are looking for something action-packed, something character-driven or something literary. Perhaps you want lots of fantasy creatures, elves, dwarves or fairies. Or maybe you are looking for something very different to the typical fantasy, but still firmly in the fantastical. In 1996, I had not yet found my ideal fantasy novel. Although many blurbs covered themes, storylines and characters I was looking for, none of the books actually did so as completely or enticingly as I wanted. That is part of the original reason I started writing  The Psion Saga . What I really wanted, and what I would have considered an excellent epic fantasy novel, was the following: Animals and fantasy creatures, especially big cats and dragon-like flying creatures A setting in which women can...