
Assassin's Apprentice
Start of The Farseer Trilogy seriesby Robin Hobb
Why you'll love it:
This fantasy shares a melancholy and introspective tone that will resonate with The Great Hunt fans.
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When the legendary Horn of Valere is stolen by dark forces, Rand al'Thor must pursue the thieves to prevent this artifact—capable of raising dead heroes—from falling into the Shadow's grasp. Meanwhile, Rand struggles with the devastating revelation that he is the Dragon Reborn, destined to be humanity's champion against darkness while learning to control magical powers he never knew he possessed. The fate of the world hangs in the balance as ancient prophecies begin to unfold and the forces of Light and Shadow gather for an epic confrontation.
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by Robin Hobb
Why you'll love it:
This fantasy shares a melancholy and introspective tone that will resonate with The Great Hunt fans.
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This fantasy shares a brutal but intimate tone that will resonate with The Great Hunt fans.

by Katherine Arden
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This fantasy shares a haunting and atmospheric tone that will resonate with The Great Hunt fans.

by Patrick Rothfuss
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This fantasy shares a melancholy and lyrical tone that will resonate with The Great Hunt fans.
| Book | Author | Rating | Year | Pages | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Apprentice📚 Series starter | Robin Hobb | 0 | 2012 | — | Start a new series |
| Jade City | Fonda Lee | 0 | 2017 | — | Similar vibes |
| A Sorceress Comes to Call | T. Kingfisher | 4.4 | 2024 | 336 | Similar vibes |
| The Bear and the Nightingale | Katherine Arden | 0 | 2020 | — | Similar vibes |
| City in Chains | Harry Turtledove | 4.1 | 2025 | 328 | Similar vibes |
| The Incandescent | Emily Tesh | 4.4 | 2025 | 432 | Similar vibes |
| Uprooted | Naomi Novik | 0 | — | — | Similar vibes |
| The Witcher: The Last Wish | Andrzej Sapkowski | 0 | — | — | Similar vibes |
| Mistborn📚 Series starter | Brandon Sanderson | 4.5 | 2006 | 541 | Start a new series |
| The Name of the Wind📚 Series starter | Patrick Rothfuss | 0 | 2007 | — | Start a new series |
If you enjoy Robert Jordan's writing style, explore these similar authors.
The most similar books to The Great Hunt are Assassin's Apprentice, Jade City, A Sorceress Comes to Call.
After finishing The Great Hunt, readers most commonly pick up Assassin's Apprentice next. Alternatively, you might enjoy more books by Robert Jordan, such as The Eye of the World.
Authors similar to Robert Jordan include Brandon Sanderson.
The Great Hunt is a Fantasy novel by Robert Jordan, published in 2022. It features elements of Dragon, Magic.
The Great Hunt is 29 pages long.
Rosamund Pike returns with an outstanding narration of The Great Hunt, Book Two of the Wheel of Time, now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund as Moiraine. In The Great Hunt, the second novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, Rand al’Thor and his companions set out to retrieve a powerful magical artifact from The Dark One’s Shadowspawn. For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. So many tales about each of the Hunters, and so many Hunters to tell of... Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages. And it is stolen. In pursuit of the thieves, Rand al’Thor is determined to keep the Horn out of the grasp of The Dark One. But he has also learned that he is The Dragon Reborn-the Champion of Light destined to stand against the Shadow time and again. It is a duty and a destiny that requires Rand to uncover and master magical capabilities he never imagined he possessed.