That's FOUR entries.

was gonna post this if someone else didn't. Perfect example of a series that doesn't just spoon feed the reader.... You are dumped into the middle of a story that's been running for millennia... It's my favorite fantasy series for exactly that reason. The reader MUST let go their tropes and farm boy entry characters…

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson.

The Malazan Book of the Fallen series doesn't understand the idea of "deep end". THE ENTIRE POOL IS 40 FEET DOWN AND FILLED WITH DELICIOUS DELICIOUS FANTASY.

Malazan books. Takes a couple books to even begin to understand the world, but so worth it.

"BE AT EASE, HAPLO. COME IN AND MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE. SIT DOWN. There are no formalities between us. Allow me to fill your glass. We drink what was once called the stirrup cup, a salute to your long journey. You like the port? Ah, my talents are many and manifold, as you know, but I begin to think that only time…

Or it's a poor source.

Since we were talking about the Nine Inch Nails instrumental album Ghosts I-IV earlier, let's take a listen to a couple of tracks:

Not entirely sure... but this was one of them.

YOU GO, LITTLE NERDFIGHTER!

DFTBA

This chick. I like her style.

Pink Floyd's Interstellar Overdrive was perfection. It didn't even need video — it just needed a science-fiction fan listening to it. Anything else is superfluous.

Martin Blank, from the movie:

Bit sad that Malazan isn't on here

How about the Black Company?

1984, The Black Company by Glen Cook.

Glen Cook? The Malazan Empire team?