Need Help Picking a Book

[Tal]

I was considering suggesting this series, but decided against it. I for one am loosing track of what happened in the most recent book while waiting for the next one which is now, what, 4 years overdue ? I think the world is coming to an end from no less than three directions, right?

I'm also not sure it would be particularly satisfying if MEAT is looking for somthing in which "peoples actions have serious consequences." To the best of my memory the consequences of action are most often death, death, omen of revenge in your future, death, betrayal, usurpery, death, death, death, and death. Serious though those consequences may be, the prediction of a character's future upon their introduction is not whether they wil survive, or will they turn on their fellows, it's how many will they betray, and who will be holding the dagger that's cuddling their kidney.

Not that the books are a bad read. I just think that MEAT may be looking for something a bit different.

I think you should re-read the series. Not every consequence in the series ends in death - anything else is a significant understatement.