Epic fantasy pulls you into wars where heroes are forged
Epic fantasy blows the doors off any small-scale story. If you’re looking for something with ultra-complex plots, you’ll love this subgenre of fantasy.
These tales take place across massive worlds—realms teeming with magic, ancient kingdoms, ancient bloodlines, and ancient grudges that refuse to die. If grimdark shows you the cold, brutal truth and nobledark hands you a spark in the dark, epic fantasy sets the whole sky on fire.
In epic fantasy, the stakes are never small. Heroes don’t just fight for themselves or their families. They’re battling to save nations, worlds, even existence itself. Wars rage across continents. Prophecies whisper about chosen ones. Gods may walk among mortals. And one decision by a single character might shift everything.
Worldbuilding drives epic fantasy. Every city has a thousand years of history buried in its cobblestone streets. Every sword has a story. Every piece of magic, every monster, every mountain range feels like it belongs to something much bigger. You’ll find detailed cultures, politics that stretch across empires, and battles that shake the earth.
Heroes in epic fantasy often start small, but that’s just fine
Maybe it’s a farm boy who finds a broken sword. Maybe it’s a quiet scholar who discovers a secret meant to stay buried. But their journey grows fast and furious, pulling them across strange lands and into wars they never asked for. They face temptation, betrayal, sacrifice, and sometimes even death. All on their climb toward destiny.
Victories in epic fantasy feel earned because the road is brutal. Friends die. Trust is broken. Enemies rise stronger with every battle lost. But somewhere deep down, epic fantasy promises that courage, love, and sheer stubbornness can change the course of history.
Stories like The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan define the genre. They take you on long, winding journeys full of heartbreak, wonder, and triumph. They make you believe that even the smallest person can shape the fate of the world.
Epic fantasy isn’t just big for the sake of being big. Oh no. It’s about the feeling. That sense of standing on the edge of something ancient and vast, and knowing your next step matters more than anything else in the universe.
How epic is the Renegades Epic?
As always, I’m glad you asked. The Renegades Epic, if we’re talking mainly about old-world epic fantasy, has something for you if it’s your preferred genre. Although darker in tone, though not grimdark by any means, my book Spirit and Fire kicks off a series of misadventures.
Depicting an outcast girl seeking to avenge her family and a Crown Prince from a neighboring kingdom, Spirit and Fire’s old-world elements, sword and sorcery, elemental magic, and political tension, all with winding history that dates back centuries if not longer, will satisfy your cravings for the days of old and age of magic rather easily.
These books aren’t long, either, and that’s done by design. Still, because they range between 65,000 and 70,000 words, expect quite a few of them in the series. Spirit and Fire and its sequel, Spirit and Water, mark the beginning of a series that includes plot elements like government overreach, the perpetual warfare state seeking monsters to destroy, and the burden normal people feel throughout the empire to fund its kingdom’s endeavors.
