More like Star Ascendant

anchored on:fantasyepic fantasysecondary worldgodspolitical intriguedark

but

Narrow

World of Ice and FireUniverse
universe19 books1980
About war.
“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Game of Thrones →
includes A Song of Ice and Fire, Targaryen History
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
About war.
“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gardens of the Moon →
includes The Kharkanas Trilogy, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy
TiganaNovel
Guy Gavriel Kaystandalone novel1990
Historical fantasy, emotional in tone, about identity.
The Inheritance (Jemisin)Series
series9 books2010
Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about gods and political intrigue, set in secondary world.
Start with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms →
Wheel of the InfiniteNovel
Martha Wellsstandalone novel2000
Fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, about gods, set in secondary world.
Between Earth and SkySeries
series3 books2020
About prophecy.
“The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.”
from the catalogue
Start with Black Sun →