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Faerie Tale

by Raymond E. Feist
Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
★ 7.46 / 11
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Locus Award nominee 1989.

LOST IN THE FOREST OF DARKNESS

When successful screenwriter Phil Hastings decided to move his family from sunny California to ramshackle farmhouse in New York state, the old Kessler place seemed like an ideal base from which to pick up the threads of his career as a novelist. But the Kessler place was originally known as Erl King Hill - ′Hill of the Elf King′. Soon Phil′s wife and daughter, and their two mischievous eight-year-old boys, began to sense that strange presences were moving in the centuries-old wood that tangled around their new home like the enchanted web of a huge, malignant spider...

Faerie Tale is a major work of the imagination in which a master of modern fantasy turns his pen to the timeless worlds of ancient Celtic myth - and the unspeakable terror that lurks beneath the ordered surface of modern everyday life.

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Release date: 1988

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Raymond E. Feist

Raymond E. Feist

In a genre where worlds are often born from maps and ancient bloodlines, Raymond E. Feist did something different—he began with a game. What started as a Dungeons & Dragons-style campaign with friends at the University of California, San Diego eventually evolved into Midkemia, a richly imagined realm that would become the backdrop for one of epic fantasy’s most enduring sagas. But it wasn’t just the magic, battles, or sprawling kingdoms that drew readers in—it was Feist’s uncanny ability to make the fate of the world hinge on the journey of a kitchen boy named Pug.

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Published in 1982, Magician wasn’t just Feist’s debut—it was the foundation of an entire literary universe that would grow into the Riftwar Cycle, spanning over 30 novels and several generations of characters. His work blends the grandeur of classic high fantasy with the pacing and clarity of a born storyteller. While his contemporaries often leaned into lyrical abstraction or moral ambiguity, Feist kept his stories grounded in emotion and character. Readers returned not just for the epic wars and dimensional rifts, but for the friendships, betrayals, and choices that shaped them.

Born in Los Angeles in 1945 and raised in Southern California, Feist’s path to writing wasn’t paved with early literary ambitions. He studied communication arts and took an interest in fantasy almost by accident, sparked more by his participation in world-building games than by a formal desire to become a novelist. That informal start gave his storytelling a natural, almost conversational quality—inviting rather than lofty, immersive without requiring a glossary.

The success of Magician and its sequels brought Feist a loyal global readership, especially in the UK and Europe, where his books often topped fantasy charts. But despite his commercial success, he’s remained refreshingly approachable, often crediting his readers and fellow gamers for shaping the world of Midkemia. “I didn’t invent the world alone,” he’s admitted in interviews. “It was something that came alive around a table with friends.”

Feist’s work continues to influence fantasy writers and game designers alike, proving that you don’t need dragons on every page to create magic—just a world worth caring about and characters who grow with it. In a literary landscape constantly seeking the next big saga, his Riftwar Cycle still feels timeless—because it never lost sight of the human stories at its core.

Whether you’re a newcomer to fantasy or someone who grew up with Pug, Tomas, and Arutha, diving into Feist’s universe is less like opening a book and more like returning to an old, familiar world—one where the stakes are high, the friendships run deep, and the magic still feels real.

More books by Raymond E. Feist

The Dragonwar Saga Book 2 (The Dragonwar Saga #2)
⧗ 9.66 / 6
A Darkness Returns (The Dragonwar Saga #1)
★ 8.00 / 1
Master of Furies (The Firemane Saga #3)
★ 4.00 / 1
Queen of Storms (The Firemane Saga #2)
★ 6.00 / 1
King of Ashes (The Firemane Saga #1)
★ 8.00 / 2
Midkemia: The Chronicles of Pug (The Riftwar Cycle)
Unrated
Magician's End (The Chaoswar Saga #3)
★ 9.00 / 5
Jimmy and the Crawler (The Riftwar Legacy #4)
★ 6.00 / 1
A Crown Imperilled (The Chaoswar Saga #2)
★ 8.00 / 5
A Kingdom Besieged (The Chaoswar Saga #1)
★ 8.00 / 6
At the Gates of Darkness (The Demonwar Saga #2)
★ 7.84 / 6
Rides a Dread Legion (The Demonwar Saga #1)
★ 7.34 / 9
Wrath of a Mad God (The Darkwar Saga #3)
★ 7.70 / 10
Into a Dark Realm (The Darkwar Saga #2)
★ 7.70 / 10
Flight of the Nighthawks (The Darkwar Saga #1)
★ 7.28 / 11
Exile's Return (Conclave of Shadows #3)
★ 7.70 / 10
King of Foxes (Conclave of Shadows #2)
★ 7.40 / 10
Jimmy the Hand (Legends of the Riftwar #3)
★ 6.64 / 11
Talon of the Silver Hawk (Conclave of Shadows #1)
★ 7.46 / 11
Murder in LaMut (Legends of the Riftwar #2)
★ 7.40 / 10
Honoured Enemy (Legends of the Riftwar #1)
★ 7.66 / 12
Krondor: Tear of the Gods (The Riftwar Legacy #3)
★ 7.36 / 11
Krondor: The Assassins (The Riftwar Legacy #2)
★ 7.28 / 11
Shards of a Broken Crown (The Serpentwar Saga #4)
★ 6.78 / 27
Krondor: The Betrayal (The Riftwar Legacy #1)
★ 6.70 / 13
Rage of a Demon King (The Serpentwar Saga #3)
★ 6.96 / 29
Rise of a Merchant Prince (The Serpentwar Saga #2)
★ 6.64 / 34
Shadow of a Dark Queen (The Serpentwar Saga #1)
★ 6.68 / 38
Mistress of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy #3)
★ 8.12 / 16
The King's Buccaneer (Krondor's Sons #2)
★ 7.06 / 17
Servant of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy #2)
★ 8.56 / 16
Prince of the Blood (Krondor's Sons #1)
★ 7.24 / 17
Daughter of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy #1)
★ 8.44 / 18
A Darkness at Sethanon (The Riftwar Saga #3)
★ 8.04 / 27
Silverthorn (The Riftwar Saga #2)
★ 8.06 / 30
Magician (The Riftwar Saga #1)
★ 8.36 / 38


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