L. E Modesitt
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
476 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
Description
Rhennthyl has spent years becoming a journeyman artist and is skilled enough to be considered for the status of master artisan. Then his life is transformed when his master patron is killed in a flash fire, and Rhenn discovers he is an imager - one of the few in the entire world of Terahnar who can visualize things and make them real.
4) Councilor
Author
Series
The grand illusion volume 2
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
514 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Continued poor harvests and steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers. Against this rising tide of social unrest, Steffan Dekkard, newly appointed to the Council of Sixty-Six, is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths. This makes him dangerous. As unknown entities seek to assassinate him, Dekkard struggles...
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 4
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
508 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 9
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
460 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four centuries after its founding, Solidar's Collegium of Imagers is in decline. The dying Maitre summons Alastar, an obscure but talented senior imager from Westisle far to the south who has little knowledge of politics in the capital, as his successor. When Alastar arrives in L'Excelsis he finds disarray and lack of discipline within the Collegium, and himself in the middle of a power struggle. And all that, Alastar discovers, is only a fraction...
7) Isolate
Author
Series
The grand illusion volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
596 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Saga of Recluce volume 23
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
454 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alayiakal, who will one day be known by many names--not all of them flattering--has to climb the ranks of Cyador's Mirror Lancers, fighting against unforeseen weapons and ancient technology. Alayiakal, however, has secrets of his own to protect: his ties to the Great Forest and his magus abilities. He must silently pretend to be a conventional soldier favored by fate--until that very same fate forces him to choose"--
Author
Series
Saga of Recluce volume 18
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
525 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cigoerne's Mirror Lances commander Lerial leads three troops on a mission to protect Afrit and Cigoerne from a Heldya invasion, an effort that is complicated by Lerial's troubled past.
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
495 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rhennthyl and Seliora are married and have a small daughter, and Rhennthyl has proven to be an effective patrol captain as well as a strong imager. But problems are increasing: a new addictive drug is destroying more people faster, including a member of Rhenn's family, mysterious explosions rock the city of L'Excelsis, and the country's most powerful enemy is expected to go to war any day.
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 7
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
460 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Earning a promotion after the events in Imager's Battalion, Quaeryt is placed under the command of his brother-in-law, Bhayar, and leads an Imagers team into hostile lands once held by the tyrannical Rex Kharst, where they confront a powerful order of women.
12) Cyador's heirs
Author
Series
Saga of Recluce volume 17
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
512 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Decades afther the fall of Cyador, its survivors have reestablished themselves in Cigoerne, a fertile country coveted by hostile neighbors in less hospitable lands. Young Lerial, the second son of Duke Kiedron, lives in the shadow of his older brother, Lephi, the heir to their father's realm. Lerial's future seems preordained: he will one day command his brother's forces in defense of Cigoerne, serving at his older sibling's pleasure, and no more....
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 10
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
510 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Alastar has settled into his role as the Maitre of the Collegium. Now married and a father, he would like to focus his efforts on improving Imagisle and making it more self-sufficient. However, a crisis is brewing in Solidar, causing the High Holders to call for repeals on the Codex Legis. Once again, Alastar must maintain a careful balance, but he can't avoid the involvement of the Collegium when someone begins killing students. Trying to protect...
14) Contrarian
Author
Series
The grand illusion volume 3
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 610 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Contrarian, protests against unemployment and poor harvests have become armed riots as the people sink deeper into poverty. They look to a government struggling to emerge from corruption and conspiracy. Recently elected to the Council of Sixty-Six, Steffan Dekkard is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths--but not the recent bombing of the Council Office Building...
15) Assassin's price
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 11
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
526 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Six years have passed since the failed uprising of the High Holders, and Charyn, the rex's heir, has come of age and wants to learn to be an effective rex after his father. His father disagrees, so Charyn sets out to educate himself. But when privateers attack the rex's ships and threats escalate against the rex and his family, Charyn will realize that no one is safe--for an assassin stalks them all.--
16) Rex Regis
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 8
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
445 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The saga of the Imager Quaeryt, Commander in the forces of Lord Bhayar, reaches a new climax as the great struggle to unify the continent of Lydar enters its final phase. Only the land of Khel remains uncommitted to Bhayar's rule. Their decision could mean a lasting peace, or more conflict across an already war-ravaged realm. While the conqueror of Bovaria awaits emissaries to arrive with news of Khel's decision, other weighty matters occupy Bhayar,...
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 5
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
496 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Quaeryt's prestigious new rank and marriage to Vaelora are threatened by a devastating volcanic eruption in the old capital of Telaryn, where he is challenged to restore order in the face of chaos, corruption, and an invasion by a would-be conqueror.
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 6
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
509 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Magical hero Quaeryt leads the first Imager fighting force into war and joins a vengeful invading army in the hostile land of Bovaria, where Quaeryt secretly demonstrates the heroics of Imagers to legitimize their status.
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 12
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
573 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Solidar is in chaos. Charyn, its young and untested ruler, has survived an assassination attempt and struggles to gain control of a realm in the grip of social upheaval, war, and rioting. Solidar cannot be allowed to slide into social and political turmoil that will leave the High Holders with their ancient power and privilege and the common people with nothing. But the stakes are even higher than he realizes.