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Originally Posted by OverHaze
I had a quick read of the first chapter of The Summer Tree. A shockingly poor first impression, the main characters are so poorly drawn, if at all. It does get better than this right?
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I think it gets better—I agree, it starts out very weak. But even after improving ... Fionavar doesn't rank up there with my favorite Kay works (though I still enjoyed it). I find it fun to uncover the Fionavar connections in all the other books he's written since, though.
I'd offer up:
The Expanse series by James SA Corey (pseudonym for the writing team of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). Four books and counting but the first three represent a relatively complete arc.
Paul Kearney's
Monarchies of God series.
(the omnibus version has a reworked ending that expands on what many thought was a "rushed" ending originally--though I had no beef with the original)
Greg Keyes's
Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series.
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
The
Spin Trilogy by Chris Moriarty
Brian Ruckley's
Godless World
Charles Stross's
Singularity duology
Ian Tregillis's
Milkweed Triptych
The Eternal Sky Trilogy by Elizabeth Bear