Yet another "find that book"...

March 11, 2022 7:09 PM

I was a fantasy duology or trilogy...(details inside)

There was an orphan boy (possibly a thief?) taken by a noble house to be the companion (substitute sacrifice?) to a (male) person who was to be sort of the sacrificial king or at least sacrifice later, there was a hunt involved. Someone was taken or killed by the god during the hunt, it was a regular ritual. There was a few strong women in there, something about trying to thwart the death of the sacrifice or something ....this seems like a really common trope and so I'm getting hits that are similar but aren't it. Also, it seems to me the author also wrote a sci-fi fantasy trilogy that I may have been unable to get from the library so I tried this one out instead. It is not Anne Leckie's The Raven Tower I don't think.

posted by Rufous-headed Towhee heehee to Grab Bag (4 answers total)

This made me think of Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice but maybe not? The blurb doesn't sound very similar but my memory of the book does.
posted by rednikki at 8:04 PM on March 11, 2022

The Legend of Eli Monpress? https://rachelaaron.net/series.php?SID=3
posted by Pockets at 8:19 PM on March 11, 2022

Best answer: Maybe Michelle West’s Hunter’s Oath?
posted by tautological at 8:49 PM on March 11, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Yes Michelle West, I read Chronicles of Elantra and thought I'd look at her other books too, thanks!
posted by Rufous-headed Towhee heehee at 1:55 AM on March 12, 2022