Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time would be perfect for this.
Next on my reading list.
Gonna be honest, the reading was difficult. The world got more and more involved, and as the books came, I'd lose track of what was going on. I stopped and started the series probably 5 times.
1. Read Book 1. Loved it.
2. Read Book 2. Its cool.
3. Read Book 3. OK, ah, this needs to get moving.
4. Read Book 4. Getting bored.
5. Quit.
6. A year later, start again with book 1, and get a book or two further than last time before quitting again.
Getting an Audible account and listening to the audiobooks of these was perfect. The two readers, Michael Kramer and Kate Reading were amazingly good, and probably spoiled me for future audiobooks. I went through all 14 audio books, taking nearly two years. I listened to them strictly on my drive home from work (45 minutes, 5 times per week). I just finished last month, and was kinda bummed.
