Watt-Evans, Lawrence

• Series: Ethshar
  • The Misenchanted Sword (8)
  • With a Single Spell (7)
  • The Unwilling Warlord (7)
  • Blood of a Dragon (5)
  • Taking Flight (4)
  • The Spell of the Black Dagger (6)

    • Light-hearted fantasy series set in a not-too-serious fantasy world. Some of the tone of Pratchett and Adams without the slapstick...plenty of humor, but mostly situational or ironic. I liked this bunch of books very much, but I'll admit the trend in quality is generally downhill from the first one, imho. I've written a full length review of With a Single Spell, if you would like to read more about this series.

• Series: The Lords of Dus
  • The Lure of the Basilisk (7 r)
  • The Seven Altars of Dusarra (6 r)
  • The Sword of Bheleu (6 r)
  • The Book of Silence (6 r)

    • Entertaining series about an oversized barbarian from an oversized race of people who tries to find his destiny in the fantasy world of mostly-conquered humans. This was one of Watt-Evans first series', and it is a little rough around the edges. If you can find it (good luck!) then I would recommend it (especially if you like the Ethshar books).

• Split Heirs (with Esther Friesner) (2 r)

  • Light and funny fantasy along the lines of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, though not quite as out of the mainstream of fantasy fiction. I like Watt-Evans' other stuff, but his style just didn't suit me here. He tried to both slapstick and fantasy adventure at the same time, and neither worked well...it's tough to enter a genre to be compared to Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett, though. I hope Watt-Evans goes back to the more subtle/ironic/situational humor with Ethshar soon.

Return to the Welcome Page of Doug's Library.