Absolutely! The best fantasy tale I've ever read, IMO! And that is including the mighty Lord of the rings.
It is quite eloquently written (fantastic prose) and carefully avoiding the usual tropes. There are countless points of view and it is not a character-driven tale. Not a singular tale as well, as it encompasses many different millennia and imaginary continents. The narrative is aloof, somewhat detached. But the worldbuilding it has! Mindblowing!
The writer is an archaeologist and an anthropologist, he often made allegories to the actual historical events. It is also a massive series, 10 books, 11K pages strong. Since you're a fast reader, that might not be a problem though!
Steven Erikson first wanted to make a movie but the production company refused him and the co-author, saying its too ambitious.
You've sold me on it, I'll take a look.. And also based on what you say I feel you'll like the Feist books. Thanks for the tip, I'll head off to the book shop tomorrow. I'm old school and go there first before online shopping. Lol.
I hope you find them there. I hear they are hard to come by in many places.
I will surely check Riftwar first, then hopefully more of his books. Thanks for the introduction!
I'll give them a try and hopefully throw some revenue their way, if not then I'll go on line. I try to support those with shopfronts though, they're struggling.