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message 1: by Fifo (new)

Fifo | 4 comments Hello everyone, not sure this is the right place to post this, but I was hoping for your help fellow Fantasy readers.
I finished The DemonWars and Saga of the First king by R.A Salvatore and now I'm looking for a new fantasy series and found one by the name (Hawk and Fisher) by Simon R. Green, but it has about 8 books, started in 1990s and the last one was published on Jan 2014.
My question is: What is the chronicle order to read this series?is it good? I saw some good reviews for it but I want your opinion people

Thank you


message 2: by Wastrel (new)

Wastrel | 51 comments I happened to read the first two books of this for the first time a few months ago. The first six books (iirc) are available in two omnibus editions.

I found them easy reading, fairly entertaining if you like that sort of thing, amusing without being hilarious, quite clever. They're mediaeval urban fantasies: two city guards (a married couple) dealing with crimes in a stereotypical fantasy city. The first one is better than the second, imo. There's a degree of clunkiness to them, but that sort of comes with the territory.

So I wouldn't read them for great literature, or even for out-and-out excitement and adventure. But if you like fantasy, ideally like crime/detection, and want some short light reading, sure, pick them up.

Don't know how the later books develop, but I think the conceits are broadly the same. The first two books are episodes - probably easier to read them in the right order, but they don't form a single story. Don't know whether the later books are more of a series.

The Hawk and Fisher books are also connected to the Forest Kingdom books by the same author. I've only read the first, Blue Moon Rising. That's more irritating than Hawk and Fisher, because the 'zany' humour is broader and more hit-and-miss (whereas the H&F books I've read are closer to 'wry')... but it's also a darker, more epic, more ambitious novel. I suspect it might be a good fit for a Salvatore fan?


message 3: by Fifo (new)

Fifo | 4 comments Thank you so much, so I can start with the first novel and proceed from there.


message 4: by Joey (new)

Joey (mostlyjoe) | 8 comments Read Blue Moon Rising first...then you'll understand more of Hawk and Fisher's attitude to things. They are seriously suffering from serious PTSD from magical nonsense. Great novels.

Also Down Among Deadmen is a good pick up.


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