J.R.R. Tolkiens epic saga centered around Sauron's one ruling ring. Spanning the vast untamed lands of Middle-Earth, the Fellowship overcome many obstacles constantly hounded by the evil Nazgûl. Tolkien paints a picture rich in history and character - which begs wargamers to recreate the battles. Of everyone I know who has read this book, no-one has a bad word to say about it.

Midkemia is European - Medieval series of kingdoms in which magic is prominent, and where men share the earth with dwarves and elves. Feist's genius was inventing another sword and sorcercy realm based more closely on eastern models, the Empire of Tsuranuanni, as vast as Ancient China, as formalised and devoted to the arts of war as a samurai Japan. A magical rift in time-space brings these two worlds clashing together, and the young boy Pug and his soldier friend Tomas are thrown into the ensuing maelstrom of invasion and epic battle.

Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion returns from a long spell of exile to find his native land overrun with evil, intrigue and his young queen grievously ill. Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within the year.

Long ago, the world of Shea Ohmsford was torn apart by the wars of ancient Evil. But in the Vale the half-human, half-elfin Shea now lives in peace - until the mysterious forbidding figure of Alanon appears to reveal that the supposedly long dead Warlock Lord lives again and will destroy the world.