The rest of the books are mostly stand alones, and are very close to being historical fiction, except that he sets them in "alternate worlds". This is the most fantasy-ish of all his books.
Long story short, it's about a bunch of Canadian University students being magically whisked into a fantasy world where they take up heroic destinies. It is so flawed as to be, in my opinion, not worth reading. You could start with his Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, but although it has some neat elements, a lot of readers (including myself) seem to dislike it. There is also a lot of emphasis on character's emotions (sometimes including some forced melodrama, one of my criticisms of Kay). But they mostly seem to be about characters, and their intertwining lives, and realistic historical settings. First of all, Kay's books are definitely not packed with epic battles.
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