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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was one of the (many?) readers somewhat disappointed in the Fourth Wing last month... but finally found my escapist fix in different DCUM rec,[b] City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty.[/b] It's some sort of fabulous mishmash of Middle Eastern mythology, family saga, political potboiler and magical coming of age story.  I read the first two books in the trilogy and now am almost mourning the fact that the second one is already done...

(One warning is that the first book starts off a little uninspired: the main character begins as a plucky street thief tricking the gullible - who then meets a "genie".  I was inwardly groaning and I thinking, hmmm, I've watched this story before in a ... Disney movie.  But get another couple chapters in and you're a million miles away from "Aladdin"!)[/quote]

Have you read The Adventures of Amina al Surafi by the same author? It's amazing. 40-something protagonist is a retired pirate who gets her old crew back together for a job. Epic quest, humor, great all around book![/quote]

The entire trilogy is wonderful.  And I wholeheartedly agree about The Adventures of Amina al Surafi.  When do you get to see the main character of a fantasy adventure be a 40-something year old divorced woman with issues?[/quote]
T. Kingfisher has some older protagonists in a few books. Great writing, more humor, lots of epic quests![/quote]

Thanks for all the recommendations (original City of Brass poster here)... As I said, I am already sort of pre-mourning the end of the trilogy so it is good to have some more recommendations ahead. I pretty much read all genres, but I particularly like having a fantasy or otherwise epic/ transporting/ world-building book in rotation.  And they can be a bit tricky to find because while I am hardly insisting on high literature, I also want it to be well written & well done!

Is there a particularly good T. Kingfisher book to start with?
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