anyone else ever read the matthew stover heroes die books?
 

i'm re reading them right now, and i still can't believe how incredible they are.... if you like anything remotely like scifi, action, OR fantasy do yourself a favor and proceed to get "heroes die" and "blade of tyshalle" right away. they story has blazingly written action (the author's highly trained in martial arts), a great social commentary written into its world, and super sharp dialog.