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Gritty it should be and not that predictable ? As above Abercrombie is a good bet. The there is the Broken Empire Series by Mark Lawrence. Quite brilliant, good prose. But a warning, even if gritty is wished: The story is told in first person by a sociopath.
I enjoyed Anthony Ryans Blood Song.
Then there is the Black Company by Glen Cook. A long series but the books are not that big.
Last a series that stands above all the others in my opinion and that has it all: Grit, Dragons, Swords, Magic, Empires, Undead, Gods and is really unpredictable and finished. The only flaw: The books are very big: The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Stevn Erikson.
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