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L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

    October 19, 1943

    L. E. Modesitt Jr. is a celebrated author of science fiction and fantasy novels, widely recognized for his Saga of Recluce fantasy series. His varied career experiences, ranging from Navy pilot to environmental consultant and university lecturer, deeply inform his writing. He crafts intricate worlds and explores complex societal and political systems with a keen eye for human nature. Modesitt's distinctive style offers readers thoughtful narratives that delve into profound themes.

    Imager's Battalion
    The Chaos Balance
    Imager's Challenge
    Outcasts of Order
    Rex Regis
    Mage-Fire War
    • 2022

      Isolate

      • 864 pages
      • 31 hours of reading

      L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of The Mongrel Mage, has a brand new gaslamp political fantasy Isolate.Industrialization. Social unrest. Underground movements. Government corruption and surveillance.Something is about to give.Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party.When a respected Landor Councilor dies of “heart failure” at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they, in a covert and deadly struggle for control of the government and economy.Steffan is about to understand that everything he believed is an illusion.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

      Isolate
    • 2022
    • 2020
    • 2019

      Endgames

      • 704 pages
      • 25 hours of reading
      4.4(54)Add rating

      The final novel in L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, the Imager Portfolio.

      Endgames
    • 2018

      Outcasts of Order

      • 654 pages
      • 23 hours of reading
      4.4(69)Add rating

      Modesitt continues his bestselling Saga of Recluce with his 20th book in the long-running series.

      Outcasts of Order
    • 2017

      The Parafaith War

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      A standalone military science fiction adventure from, L. E. Modesitt, author of the bestselling Saga of Recluce series, The Parafaith War combines hard science fiction adventure with an insightful examination of the relationship between the sacred and the secular. In the far future among the colonized worlds of the galaxy, there's a war going on between the majority of civilized worlds and a colonial theocracy. Trystin Desoll grows up fighting against religious fanatics and becomes a hero, a first-class pilot, then, amazingly, a spy. What do you do if you're a relatively humane soldier fighting millions of suicidal volunteers on the other side who know that they are utterly right and you are utterly wrong, with no middle ground? Trystin Desoll has a . . . plan. Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. The Saga of Recluce The Imager Portfolio The Corean Chronicles The Spellsong Cycle The Ghost Books The Ecolitan Matter The Forever Hero Timegod's World Other Books The Green Progression Hammer of Darkness The Parafaith War Adiamante Gravity Dreams The Octagonal Raven Archform: Beauty The Ethos Effect Flash The Eternity Artifact The Elysium Commission Viewpoints Critical Haze Empress of Eternity The One-Eyed Man Solar Express

      The Parafaith War
    • 2017

      Treachery's Tools

      • 640 pages
      • 23 hours of reading
      4.4(39)Add rating

      Modesitt delivers the 10th installment of his acclaimed, New York Times- bestselling Imager Portfolio series, which begins 13 years after the events in Madness in Solidar.

      Treachery's Tools
    • 2017

      Assassin's Price

      • 624 pages
      • 22 hours of reading
      4.2(60)Add rating

      The Imager Porfolio is a bestselling and innovative epic fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr. that RT Book Reviews says “shines with engrossing characters, terrific plotting, and realistic world-building.” Continue a new story arc with Assassin's Price. Six years have passed since the failed uprising of the High Holders, and Charyn, the rex’s heir, has come of age and sets out to educate himself, against his father’s wishes, on how to be an effective rex after his father. When privateers attack the rex’s ships, and threats escalate against the rex and his family, Charyn realizes that no one is safe--for an assassin stalks them all. The future of Solidar rests in Charyn’s hands. Will he rise to the challenge or will the kingdom descend into chaos? The Imager Portfolio #1 Imager / #2 Imager’s Challenge / #3 Imager’s Intrigue / #4 Scholar / #5 Princeps / #6 Imager’s Battalion / #7 Antiagon Fire / #8 Rex Regis / #9 Madness in Solidar / #10 Treachery’s Tools / #11 Assassin’s Price/ #12 Endgames Other series by this author: The Saga of Recluce The Corean Chronicles The Spellsong Cycle The Ghost Books The Ecolitan Matter

      Assassin's Price
    • 2017

      The Mongrel Mage

      • 768 pages
      • 27 hours of reading
      4.1(837)Add rating

      The Saga of Recluce chronicles the history of this world with world-building detail and an ingenious and disciplined magic system. L. E. Modesitt, Jr. returns to his longest and bestselling fantasy series with volume nineteen, The Mongrel Mage, which marks the beginning of a new story arc. In the world of Recluce, powerful mages can wield two kinds of magic—the white of Chaos or the black of Order. Beltur, however, has talents no one dreamed of, talents not seen in hundreds of years that blend both magics. On the run from a power hungry white mage, Beltur is taken in by Order mages who set him on the path to discover and hone his own unique gifts and in the process find a home. However, when the white mage he fled attempts to invade his new home, Beltur must hope his new found power will be enough to save them all. Saga of Recluce #1 The Magic of Recluce / #2 The Towers of the Sunset / #3 The Order War / #4 The Magic Engineer / #5 The Death of Chaos / #6 Fall of Angels / #7 The Chaos Balance / #8 The White Order / #9 Colors of Chaos / #10 Magi’i of Cyador / #11 Scion of Cyador / #12 Wellspring of Chaos / #13 Ordermaster / #14 Natural Order Mage / #15 Mage-Guard of Hamor / #16 Arms-Commander / #17 Cyador’s Heirs / #18 Heritage of Cyador / #19 The Mongrel Mage Story Collection: Recluce Tales Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. The Imager Portfolio The Corean Chronicles The Spellsong Cycle The Ghost Books The Ecolitan Matter

      The Mongrel Mage
    • 2017

      Recluce Tales

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      4.0(373)Add rating

      A collection of short stories set in the world of the Recluce saga features seventeen new tales and four popular reprints spanning the thousand-year history of Recluse, in an anthology complemented by a background essay

      Recluce Tales