I highly enjoyed the Malazan Books of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. He cites Glen Cook as a huge influence, and I can see it in several of the characters.
The series takes place in a world that he shares with fellow author Ian Cameron Esslemont. They are archeologists and anthropologists who created the world and many of the characters during their role-playing game sessions. They have both completed series in the setting, I believe totalling 16 books, and both have other series in the world in progress as well as several stand-alone books.