https://pithybooks.com/tags/epic/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “epic”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:10 GMT https://pithybooks.com/books/words-of-radiance/ https://pithybooks.com/books/words-of-radiance/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-iliad/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-iliad/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Achilles quits the fight over Briseis, Patroclus falls to Hector, and Troy burns toward its fate in Homer's war epic. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-eye-of-the-world/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-eye-of-the-world/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Farm boys flee Trollocs with Moiraine and Lan, split at Shadar Logoth, and trek to the Eye in the Blight. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-way-of-kings/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-way-of-kings/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A slave, a warlord, and a scholar thief collide on a storm battered world marching toward an old war. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-wise-mans-fear/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-wise-mans-fear/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kvothe leaves the University to serve Maer Alveron in Vintas, then survives Felurian, the Adem and a trial back home. https://pithybooks.com/books/a-storm-of-swords/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-storm-of-swords/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kings bleed, weddings turn red, and bastards rise as war splits Westeros. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-pillars-of-the-earth/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-pillars-of-the-earth/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A priory, a builder, and a town raise a cathedral through war and fire. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-stand/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-stand/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A superflu wipes out most people as good and evil gather in two towns. https://pithybooks.com/books/a-clash-of-kings/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-clash-of-kings/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Five kings fight after Robert dies while Jon meets wildlings, Dany crosses the Red Waste, and Tyrion holds King's Landing. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-name-of-the-wind/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-name-of-the-wind/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kvothe the Bloodless tells Chronicler how a clever Ruh boy survived loss, street life and the University to chase the Chandrian. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-odyssey/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-odyssey/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Homer's Odyssey in Fagles translation: Odysseus fights home past Cyclops, Circe, and Sirens while Telemachus seeks news and Penelope stalls suitors in Ithaca. Full plot retold here. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-return-of-the-king/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-return-of-the-king/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-two-towers/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-two-towers/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Frodo and Sam crawl toward Mordor with Gollum while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chase orcs across Rohan. https://pithybooks.com/books/a-game-of-thrones/ https://pithybooks.com/books/a-game-of-thrones/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Martin's A Game of Thrones retold: Starks, Lannisters, Dany's dragons, and why Ned's mercy costs him. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-fellowship-of-the-ring/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-fellowship-of-the-ring/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring retold: Frodo's flight, Strider, Moria, Lothlorien, and the breaking of the Fellowship.