I'm reading through Glen Cook's [i]Black Company[/i] series recently. I'm up to the first book of Glittering Stone and I'm waiting for the second book to arrive from Amazon. I like the realism of the soldier's lives even though they're in a fantasy world, and I like how magic in this series is an exceptional thing. Having a mage in your group is a big deal and it does change what tactics you used and have used against you. I'm not big into intrigue generally but I quite enjoyed it in this case. In fact, this is probably the first book of this type that I've read and I was pleasantly surprised.

While I wait I've been listening to the Audiobook [i]Second Hand Curses[/i] by Drew Hayes. I pretty much love everything by Drew Hayes, [i]The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred[/i] from the Vampire Accountant series being a favourite. [i]Second Hand Curses[/i] is a little more unrefined compared to his newer work but it's still got tonnes of heart and a really neat world. I'm onto the third mini adventure in it so far.