[Warren_Paul]

I second Joe Abercrombie and Steven Erikson, and Brandon Sanderson. All of them are fantastic.

Try Tad Williams, I really liked his Shadowmarch series.

I really liked Kate Elliot's Crossroads Trilogy too, it's quite political with brilliant characters.

I might get flamed for this, but also maybe Wheel of Time? It's another epic series if you don't mind looking past the padding to see the great story within.