[Quiet Man Cometh]

Don't know if I'd call myself an anti-fantasy person, but the books I'm looking into now are starting to lean in that direction simply for lack of anything that I'm interested in on the traditionaly marketable end.

Have Donaldson, gave up on Game of Thrones but not Martin, and am trying out GG Kay now with Ysabel. It's pretty standard so far with the young boy who has wierd powers he didn't know he had, but it is leaning more towards folklore than fantasy. One of the things I've noticed is that I'm really not sure at this point whether or not certain characters fall into the category of good or evil. For instance, one of the 'persons of interest' appears to be working against some sinister figure, or something that seems sinister, but also admits freely that he will, and has, killed children in his life because they got in his way. He says this to teh 15 year old main character in the manner of standard fact than in trying to get any emotional reaction it seems. Really not sure what to make of him and others so far, and I'm interested in reading more of the book just to see more of the people.