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I'm enjoying a bit of a return to sword and sorcery fantasy. I finished the first of The Nightrunner series by Lynn Flewelling and am now on book 2.
They're very entertaining. Though I would probably recommend them for reading rather than audiobook (I am listening to the audio) as the narrator is a bit hit and miss with some of his accents.
@ Sundae: I think you might enjoy these. The character Seregil for instance, aside from being a very cool, funny and charming protagonist is also gay. There's a bit of a romance brewing between him and the young man he takes on as his apprentice in thieving and spying. Very nicely done. Not gay fiction, just a really well-drawn gay character at the centre of the story. Reminds me a bit of Captain Jack in that regard.
One of the things I like is the regular swearing by this or that deity's eyes or balls or on one occasion 'Balari's codpiece!'
It's funny and charming, with a detective story and courtly intrigue and spying and disguises and magic.
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