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From the Forest
L. E. Modesitt
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R718
R566
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L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the
Imager Portfolio, continues his gaslamp political fantasy series
which began with Isolate and Councilor. Welcome to the Grand
Illusion 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 by insurrectionists. His patron, the
Premier of the Council, has been assassinated, leaving Dekkard with
little first-hand political experience and few political allies.
Not only must Dekkard handle political infighting, and continued
assassination attempts, but it appears that someone high up in the
government and corporations has supplied arms and explosives to
insurrectionists. Insurrectionists who have succeeded in taking
over a naval cruiser that no one can seem to find. The Grand
Illusion Isolate Councilor Contrarian Other Series by L.E.
Modesitt, Jr. The Imager Portfolio The Corean Chronicles The
Spellsong Cycle The Ghost Books The Ecolitan Matter
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Towers of the Sunset
L. E. Modesitt
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R572
R491
Discovery Miles 4 910
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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 to master political intrigue and infighting, while
introducing radical reforms that threaten entrenched interests,
both political and corporate. It’s all about to blow.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of The Mongrel Mage, has a
brand new gaslamp political fantasy Isolate. Book Bub--The 24 Best
Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of Fall 2021 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. The Grand Illusion Isolate
Councilor Contrarian Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. The Imager
Portfolio The Corean Chronicles The Spellsong Cycle The Ghost Books
The Ecolitan Matter
The saga of Recluce continues! In The Magic Engineer, we return to
the magical island of Recluce, where Dorrin, a young scion of the
Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge, in the
working of machines. Promising, intelligent, but determined to
follow his passion for scientific knowledge, Dorrin can invent
machines. He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights
violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce. Now he must go
into exile in the lands of Chaos to pursue his dangerous
inventions. Yet Darrin remains loyal to the idea of Order, and is
tortured by the knowledge that to preserve it he must constantly
create new devices for war. For the forces of the Chaos wizards are
moving across the land, devouring whole countries and creating an
empire-and their ultimate goal is the destruction of Recluce.
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Scholar (Paperback)
L. E. Modesitt
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R656
R555
Discovery Miles 5 550
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Johan Eschbach, Professor of Environmental Science and semi-retired
secret agent, and his lovely wife the world-renowned singer
Llysette, return for another adventure, this time in Russia, during
the long 'white nights' of summer. Their world is an intriguing
alternate present in which many things are changed. What we know as
the eastern U.S. is the nation of Columbia, and Russia is still
ruled by the Czars. Llysette is being sent by the Columbian
government on a cultural exchange mission to St. Petersburg. Johan
will, of course, accompany her, allowing him to work behind the
scenes on the oil concession in Russian Alaska that Columbia so
desperately needs. But even the oil shortage will fade to
insignificance when Johan discovers what new weapons technology the
Russians are developing, a threat even more fearsome than the
atomic bombs of Austro-Hungary. This is the concluding novel of the
of alternate history adventure trilogy that Modesitt began with "Of
Tangible Ghosts" and "The Ghost of the Revelator."
This is the first story collection ever from bestselling fantasy
and science fiction writer L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Modesitt began
publishing short fiction in the science fiction magazines in the
1970s, and this collection includes a selection of stories from the
whole of his career. Some of the early stories are kernels for his
early science fiction novels, others display the wide range of his
talents and interests, from satire to military adventure. This book
also contains three new stories that have never been published
before: "Black Ordermage," set in Modesitt's best-selling "Recluce"
series; "Beyond the Obvious Wind," set in his Corean Chronicles
universe; and "Always Outside the Lines," which is related to the
Ghost of Columbia books. The hardcover edition generated many
enthusiastic reviews, often including in-depth assessments of his
entire career. "Viewpoints Critical" is an excellent introduction
to the work of one of the major science fiction and fantasy writers
publishing today.
Martin Martel is an exile in trouble with the gods in this SF novel
by the bestselling writer L.E Modesitt, Jr now back in a new trade
paperback edition. After finding out that he has unusual powers, he
is banished from planet Karnak. Martin is thrust into the tranquil
world of Aurore, vacation paradise for the galaxy. There he finds
that the reality of Aurore is much different from its serene
veneer. The gods are wantonly cruel and indifferent to the chaos
they cause: are they really gods or just men and woman with larger
than life powers? Whatever the answer, Martin Martel must challenge
their supremacy to defend his life, love, and the fate of all
mankind.
Now for the first time in one big volume, two novels of Dr. Johan
Eschbach, professor at a small college in the northeast and secret
agent for the government of Columbia. This is an alternate history
world shaped by the fact that ghosts are not mere superstition but
have a literal physical reality--and political
implications--because your crimes can haunt you, and the ghosts of
your crimes are visible to others.
Here are two adventures--"Of Tangible Ghosts "and" Ghost of the
Revelator--"that bring Johan Eschbach out of his retirement and
happy marriage in northern New Bruges and into danger and intrigue.
This edition includes a new afterword by the author explaining the
history of this fascinating alternate world.
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Ordermaster (Paperback)
L. E. Modesitt
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R681
R582
Discovery Miles 5 820
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