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Originally Posted by ATDrake
Well, if you want a strong political component, another good Lois McMaster Bujold to try is her Chalion fantasy series, which is loosely based on the Spanish Reconquista, especially the 1st-in-series The Curse of Chalion which tells a self-contained story that can be read standalone, and was the winner of a Mythopoeic Prize as well.
It has a kind of double-journey from lowly to high for two of its major characters, one of whom starts from being an abandoned war prisoner stripped of all his former property, and the other as a privileged but powerless pawn, and there's a lot of court intrigue and backstabbing and maneuvering to get them into better positions by the end.
The other 2 books in the series also have main characters going from scorned and neglected to superpowered, but they're not as overtly political and more adventure-ish.
Speaking of House of Cards, have you perhaps tried the Michael Dobbs novels the original UK miniseries trilogy was based upon? They're supposed to be quite good (I haven't read them myself, but I do own the Blu-Rays of the mini, though I haven't finished watching them yet), and you haven't mentioned them upthread. |
I'll give Chalion a try. I'm hoping for something in the vein of House of Cards, in how the main character has a plan to go from his current spot, to top the world. He follows said plan, and connives and does generally amusing/amazing(albeit evil) things along the way.