Question for #SciFi and #Fantasy #Readers: which authors books remind you of Final Fantasy?

Ideally with SciFi-Fantasy settings & a band of misfits.
Monsters, crime bosses & revolutions also welcome!
Any of the above with a Squal-like character is even better!

This is to help with Bookbub ads for my Sythe Series.

*I've browsed 'books like #FinalFantasy' lists, forums etc & found a few authors, but am now just finding erotica SciFi-fantasy. My characters are asexual so that's not a good fit!

@ElisesWritings

Older stuff, but Nick Pollotta's "Bureau 13", "Doomsday Exam", and "Full Moonster" have the same kind of diverse team full of anything goes kitchen sink characters approach.

(He's written a lot of other stuff since then, but I'm not familiar with it.)

@cptbutton I love your description of the team approach. I'll have to take a lot at he's books -old and recent. Thanks!