5 best Solstice Fantasy Epics
Dip your toes into the realms of Solstice Fantasy Epics, where glowing, otherworldly suns rise over mist-clung shores, and twisted paths lead adventurers through wild, uncharted territories. Under the labyrinth of echoing caverns to the peaks of ancient citadels, all shrouded in the glow of a never-setting solstice sun, the epic sagas unfold. Bring your heart to your throat as you embark on fantastical adventures wrapped in layers of boundless imagination, simmering suspense, and intricate world-building that defy the constraints of reality.
A Game of Thrones
By George R. R. Martin
How it fits the "Solstice Fantasy Epics" vibe: The first book in the A Song of Ice Fire series, it's a sprawling epic fantasy set in a world where seasons last for years. Winter and summer solstices play key roles in the story's plot progression.
4 / 5 Stars on Google Books
Publisher: Bantam
Page Count: 835
Published Date: 2003-01-01
The Name of the Wind
By Patrick Rothfuss
How it fits the "Solstice Fantasy Epics" vibe: This first book of The Kingkiller Chronicle offers an epic fantasy that's as much about music and stories as it is about magic and monsters. The longest night of the year (the solstice) is a crucial part of the plot.
Publisher: Penguin
Page Count: 674
Published Date: 2009-04-07
Way of Kings
By Brandon Sanderson
How it fits the "Solstice Fantasy Epics" vibe: As the first installment of the Stormlight Archive series, this book serves as an epic fantasy loaded with intricate plotlines and fascinating characters. Solstice-like seasonal phenomena play key roles in shaping the world and its cultures.
Publisher: Gollancz
Page Count: 1008
Published Date: 2021-03-30
Mistborn
By Brandon Sanderson
How it fits the "Solstice Fantasy Epics" vibe: In a society where the usurper god-king has reigned for a thousand years, a group of rebels and a mysterious Mistborn plot a revolution. The ash-covered world's strange day-night cycle hints at a solstice-like lore.
4.5 / 5 Stars on Google Books
Publisher: Macmillan
Page Count: 686
Published Date: 2010-04-01
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Book 1)
By J. R. R. Tolkien
How it fits the "Solstice Fantasy Epics" vibe: First of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, this classic epic fantasy has themes of long travels and great deeds during the changing of seasons, embodying solstitial endurance and transformation.
4.5 / 5 Stars on Google Books
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Page Count: 442
Published Date: 2009-04-20