The Sword and Laser discussion

I love a ton of action in my stories. Better yet, I love them with genuine casualties. I whine a lot about plot armor in stories. That being said, what are your recommendations in either Sci-Fi or Fantasy that have a ton of fight scenes? I'm talking about a chapter for worldbuilding, a chapter for character development, a chapter for fighting; this cycle repeats throughout the book.

Some examples I can think of that I loved were Kings of the Wyld, The Grey Bastards, and Lost Stars.

What do you recommend?

The best action book I read this year was Evan Winter’s The Rage of Dragons.

Series:
Sten - Sten
Murderbot - All Systems Red
Destroyermen - Into the Storm
Demon Cycle - The Warded Man
Mageworlds - The Price of the Stars
Old Man's War

Jade City
Damnation Alley
Hardwired
XOM-B
The Apocalypse Door
The Builders (anthropomorphic Kings of the Wyld)
Daemon
Vampire$

Tom & Veronica talked once about doing an episode of sff books with the best action.

I would nominate The Stars My Destination for not just fighting but action in general.

There's also The Bourne Identity but that's not sff.

I'm reading The Way of Kings, which has some cool action scenes, but it's a long haul of a read. You could search for some youtube clips of the Graphicaudio versions of some action scenes. There's some animations too.

Thank you for the recommendations. There are several new books in my TBR pile.

Dresden Files - Storm Front

If your looking for space action I recently finished Constitution by Nick Webb. It's a bit of a rehash of BSG (new series) but action packed all the way through.

I am reading The Red Knight by Miles Cameron and it hits all the points you make.

Trike wrote: "The best action book I read this year was Evan Winter’s The Rage of Dragons.

Series:
Sten - Sten
Murderbot - All Systems Red
Destroyermen - [book:Into..."

I just read The Builders. It was a fantastic recommendation.