Have you ever learned anything useful from the promotional summary blurb on the back cover of a Fantasy book?

Me neither.

To help our readers get a feel for what some of our favorite Fantasy Series are REALLY about, we’ve created the following list of one-sentence book summaries, with each designed to accurately describe the series using Twitter-grade communicative efficiency!

After reading these synopses you’ll have no trouble finding your next favorite Fantasy Series!

One-Sentence Fantasy Series Summaries:

Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch: Stealing from the rich just like Robin Hood, without that nonsense part about giving the money to the poor.

Lightbringer by Brent Weeks: A world in which harnessing rainbow power is A LOT cooler than in sounds.

Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss: Discover the true story of why the world’s most notorious individual has been in hiding for years as a rural innkeeper.

Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence: It’s amazing how much havoc can be wrought by a highly focused psychopath with his very own mercenary band.

Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan / Brandon Sanderson: 2200 total characters divided by 14 primary books equals an average of 157 new characters PER BOOK, so have a notepad handy.

The Acts of Caine by Matthew Woodring Stover: Lesson #1 – Do NOT make Caine angry with you under any circumstances.

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson: Nothing ruins the fun of newfound magical powers more than realizing the (immortal) Lord-Ruler now wants you dead.

The First Law by Joe Abercrombie: Unfortunately for all involved, a sadistic torturer, a narcissistic Royal, and a schizophrenic barbarian are the realm’s best hope for survival.

Discworld by Terry Pratchett: A flat world balanced on the backs of 4 elephants, floating through space on a giant turtle…and the best piece of luggage of all time.

The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb: Would you rather be an anonymous peasant or a dead prince’s bastard who many people would rather see just as dead as his father?

The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett: Oh sure, everybody has their own personal demons to battle in life, but these people take it to a whole new level.

Dresden Files by Jim Butcher: Watch Chicago’s most unlucky wizard get beaten nearly to death by every type of creature you can imagine (plus some others you’ve never dreamed of).

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin: Feudal lords plot against each other….in a land that’s about to be completely overrun by armies of frozen dead.

Raven’s Shadow by Anthony Ryan: Young boys are volunteered for service into the world’s most deadly fighting force, and some of them even survive the training.

The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson: History was lost eons ago when humanity was nearly brought to extinction during its final epic fight for survival……..wait, the enemy was destroyed, right? Right?

Have one you’d like to add?  Put it in the comments section below!