I enjoyed Carey's trilogy, although it's a little overwrought sometimes. I have no idea if you would, though.
I also mildly enjoyed Keyes's The Briar King, enough that I was annoyed not to have the next volume (yes, it's a trilogy or series or something of that nature) when I finished, but not enough to think it was a truly first-rank, once-every-year-or-two find.
I've deeply enjoyed all three of Steven Pressfield's historical novels: Gates of Fire, Tides of War, and Last of the Amazons. The guy can flat write. Not sure I'd see them as "recent fantasy", though, and not just because they're lacking wizards in pointy hats...
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Date: 2004-02-18 09:04 am (UTC)I also mildly enjoyed Keyes's The Briar King, enough that I was annoyed not to have the next volume (yes, it's a trilogy or series or something of that nature) when I finished, but not enough to think it was a truly first-rank, once-every-year-or-two find.
I've deeply enjoyed all three of Steven Pressfield's historical novels: Gates of Fire, Tides of War, and Last of the Amazons. The guy can flat write. Not sure I'd see them as "recent fantasy", though, and not just because they're lacking wizards in pointy hats...
--Trent