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The only thing I've read that I know for certain was based on a campaign would be The Hammer And The Sword & On The Anvil Of War by Jason M. Green, but I have no doubt that there are more books like that out there. I think it is a fairly good idea for someone with the ability to write a novel and/or short story to take a campaign they ran and adapt it to the page. Considering how much work goes into setting up a campaign I would think many people would have a large supply of material that can be used to make a compelling story, since that is what running a campaign is all about. Plus, it allows you to have the characters do what they should have done instead of what your players might have chosen to have the characters do and in the process mess up a great deal of planning. Granted, you would have to have the permission of the players to use their characters in the books, but then again you could always just create brand new ones to throw into whatever fantasy world you've created.

I have a fairly large collection of books, and so I think I can suggest a few that you might like.
The fantasy works of Robert E. Howard are a definite must-read. Also, those of Edgar Rice Burroughs. I would also suggest the works of Tad Williams (trilogy of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn), C.S. Friedman (the Coldfire Trilogy), Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials trilogy), Stephen R. Lawhead (Song Of Albion trilogy or Pendragon Cycle), Kage Baker (Anvil Of The World), and Lloyd Alexander (The Chronicles of Prydain). There is also an independent author whose works I've read named Jason M. Green. His fantasy novels are based on a D&D campaign he ran years back, or so he frequently claims. They are called The Hammer And The Sword & On The Anvil Of War. I thought they were good and he seems to be getting five star reviews, so I think his stuff might be worth your time.

But wasn't Midkemia a gameworld before Feist decided to write his novels?

Rasthorn, there's a whole thread devoted to Feist in the books section which you might find useful (called "New to Raymond E Feist").

I glanced at the description of that Feist book (Shadow Of A Dark Queen) and it doesn't sound that close to the synopsis for The Hammer And The Sword. Aside from the part about someone being framed and having to flee, which seems to be a fairly common plot device in all genres.

I've never read anything by Raymond E. Feist, so I really don't know if you're being cynical or not. Did you read the excerpt from the book? If so, is it similar to this other story you mentioned?

I wish to amend my previous post. The Hammer And The Sword is now listed for sale at other places than just the Xlibris site.

There is a book I read recently called The Hammer And The Sword that has a bit of a Robert E. Howard feel to it. It actually seems to be an amalgamation of different fantasy writers' styles, but it seems to work pretty well. The author's name is Jason M. Green if anyone is interested. I think the book is still only available online for the moment at a site called Xlibris.com, which is the name of the publishing company.

There is a book that just came out that was based on at least part of a D&D campaign someone ran. The book is called The Hammer And The Sword. It can only be ordered online right now, but it should be in stores pretty soon. The address for the book if anyone is interested is www.xlibris.com/TheHammerAndTheSword.html and there is a link to see an excerpt from the book.