As an alternative to the overused elves and goblins, you can read S. Donaldson's "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" - I haven't encountered anything like it before, or G.L. Oldie.
As an alternative to the overused elves and goblins, you can read S. Donaldson's "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" - I haven't encountered anything like it before, or G.L. Oldie.