I just finished Malazan series a couple months back...it was def a great series the best books Id put up with any of GoT's best. It did start to trail off the last few books tho. Book 2-7 are amazing but the last 3 fall off considerably. Also needs a 2nd read to fully grasp the story. Some of the depth he goes into is . Had to go on the net a couple times to fully get a handle on what was happening