u/Negative-Emotion-622

Hello all!

Recently got done with both Realm of the Elderlings as well as The Osten Ard books. These are now my 2 favorites ever.

I’m looking for a longer series to start that compares to those. So looking for the following elements primarily:

High quality prose

Complex characters

Rich layered history to the world that gets unraveled more as you go along

More melancholic tone

Not TOO crazy on the magic use (Sorry Sanderson/hard magic fans)

Grand/Epic scope

One that’s been recommended to me is The Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts, but have heard that the prose in that series is actually maybe a bit TOO much.

Other favorite authors include Guy Gavriel Kay, Lois McMaster Bujold, and GRRM for reference.

Any recommendations would be appreciated!