I had a girl who plays second life and watches glee tell me shes read all those,
the little short fights attempt to look good, but its 90% talking then mad dashes at each other are inbetween more talking.
I know, Its because im an emotion-less asshole, and that "talking" is actually a dramatic emotional appeal to human character im devoid of.
But In reality im sure alot of us are like that here,
and this is the book for us:
"The Last kingdom: Saxon Series" -Cowell
"Forward now. Forward to slaughter. Beware the man who LOVES battle. Ravn told me one man in three or perhaps four is a warrior, the rest reluctant fighters. But only one man in twenty was a lover of battle. Such men were the most dangerous, the most skillfull, and the ones who reaped the souls. The ones to fear"
(for every 3 guys at least 1 is addicted to a war game, every 20 on that game 1 is a legend like the many c-rpg has)
---COMBAT---
"(The sheild walls clashed, then it kicked in) It is a wondrous thing, that battle calm. The nerves go, the fear wings off into the void, all is clear like precious crystal and the enemy has no chance because he seems slow. I swept the shield left, taking the scar-faced man's spear thrust as I lunged wasp-sting foward and the Dane ran into her point. I felt the impact run up my arm as I punctured his stomach muscles, and I was already twisting. Ripping her up and free, Sawing through leather, skin, and guts, his blood warm on my cold hand. He screamed, ale breathe in my face and I punched him down with the shield boss, stamped down on his groin, and his finished him with wasp-stings tip through the neck."
The series is about the Danish (Viking) Invasion of England around 10th century. Everything in the background is accurate, but he creates everything around that. He started this series by creating a character (himself) in his families castle. Putting himself in real battles, and creating some when hes on his own with his war-band.
Again, its one of the more hardcore. So there is alot of detailed murdering of monks, vicious dismemberments.and raping of women
("Walking through (our city captured, in disguise) I could hear in almost every house the screaming of the women. I had to remind myself if this were a Danish settlement we'd be doing the same to their women to calm me.")
