IronDragon mentioned Wizard's First Rule and Magic of Recluse. I enjoyed these 2, WFS had some new twists on the old stereotypes (the fair maiden couldn't be touched) and MoR was a little whiney, but the stories were good. the problem I have with Modesitt is that every character thinks they are struggling in what they do, and end up the greatest of all time in what they do, and they are all oh-so-humble. Incarnations of Immortality are not the only Piers Anthony books that suck, most of them do. All of his stories are over-simplistic and not WELL written. They are semi-fun stories, I read all the IoI series because I have a need to finish what I start, just like with Mission: Earth and the Belgarath books by Eddings, painful as all these have been. I thought Salvatore's early Drizzt books were equally simplistic, but I think I have (thankfully) witnessed the evolution of a decent author to a firly good one, his later Drizzt books are just *better* written. I can't pick A book as the worst, but there are some doozies out there.
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