The Seer King

Two words describe this series: Love and War. A flawed work as a whole, but certainly an exciting, ambitious one, and the flaws are in many ways compensated by the sheer cracking intensity of the whole thing. I can promise you that you won’t get bored reading Chris Bunch’s Seer King trilogy. The books combine a heady mix of sword and sorcery, passion and sex - yes there are plenty of detailed, almost soft-porn sex scenes sprinkled through every book. There’s a plethora of military campaigns thrown in (the whole trilogy is about a bloody, brutal war) to boot - you are taken along for the ride as soldiers march, camp, and plot defensive and offensive strategies. And of course, there’s plenty of blood and raw gore gushing from the pages as you actually get to the battles. The author is as passionate about writing battle as he is about writing the sex scenes. The author takes the view that if you are going to enjoy fantasy battles, you might as well enjoy the fantasy sex as well. If you like raw battles, high intensity, plenty of military action in all its tedium (both good and bad), and sexy scenes, you can’t go wrong with this series.