10 Awesome Authors Every Game of Thrones Fan Needs to Read
1. Brent Weeks
One of the newer authors on the list, and probably the most exciting, Weeks hit the ground sprinting with the Night Angel trilogy. It focuses on Azoth, a street urchin who apprentices himself to Durzo Blint, the greatest assassin of all time, in an attempt to escape a murderous gang mate. He soon becomes the Night Angel, the only man who can stand between the monstrous Godking and world domination. Its as gritty as you can imagine, but always leavened with humour and an undeniable sense of cool. Love, death, kings, treason, betrayal, magic, ninjas, magic using ninjas, battles, and completely original monsters are only a fraction of whats in this trilogy. Theres even a bit of royal incest for those of you that admired that in GOT. Out of all the authors on this list, Weeks wins the award for Series Id Least Like to be In. hands down. He puts all his characters through the wringer, and then kicks them in the nuts when theyre half way through. However low his characters fall though, they all come out of it stronger and better. Apart from the ones who die horribly that is; Weeks has a nasty habit of pulling the rug out from under you as soon as you start thinking He wont kill him/her/it off. It all takes place in a plot that spans the whole continent and several centuries of history, and at the end Weeks pulls together about two dozen story arcs and weaves them into the most spectacular finale Ive ever read. Do yourself a favour and go and buy The Way of Shadows from your bookstore now. Actually, get all three while youre there, youll want to read it all in one go and itll save you petrol.