The Magic of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – review
Boring, or the greatest thing since sliced bread? During the twenty years The Magic of Recluce has been in existence and sold at bookstores, people have had strong opinions both ways. I’d say it’s not...
View ArticleScholar by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – review
For anyone who loves reading quality fantasy novels, the name L.E. Modesitt has to be high on their lists of the top living fantasy authors. This prolific writer is one of the most inventive fantasy...
View ArticleScholar by L.E. Modesitt Jr. – Book Read Part 1
Since one of my colleagues here at BookSpot Central was kind enough to review Scholar already, I decided to kick back and read–and discuss–the latest book in L.E. Modesitt’s Imager Portfolio at my...
View ArticleScholar by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – Book Read Part 2
If the first third of Scholar was devoted to action, the second third was devoted to politics. Quaeryt has begun to uncover the truth—or, at least, what appears to be the truth—about the unrest in...
View ArticleScholar by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – Book Read Part 3
First, let me caution, I am not holding back any spoilers here, because I want to talk about the book. This is a discussion more than it is a review, so if you don’t want to know how the story...
View ArticlePrinceps by L. E. Modesitt – Book Read Part 1
I am about two-fifths of the way through Princeps, the newest book in L. E. Modesitt’s Imager Portfolio and the sequel to Scholar. As with that book, I’m going to be blog-along reading rather than...
View ArticlePrinceps by L.E. Modesitt – review
Publisher’s Description: The thrilling follow-up to Scholar—in which, after discovering a coup attempt and preventing a bloody civil war, Quaeryt was appointed princeps of Tilbor—begins a new episode...
View ArticlePrinceps by L. E. Modesitt – Book Read Part 2
I am now about 2/3 of the way through this book, and I am beginning to think it is suffering from Middle Book Syndrome (MBS)–that is, where the middle book of a trilogy exists primarily to move the...
View ArticlePrinceps by L. E. Modesitt – Book Read Part 3
After finishing Princeps, I found my suspicion from the middle part of the book confrmed: this is very much a middle novel of a trilogy. The events of the book formed less of a discreet plotline and...
View ArticleWhat are you reading this week?
I just got my copy of Imager’s Batallion, the 6th book in L. E. Modesitt’s series. The package might as well have come with a birthday card from Tor. Happy Moff Elena, indeed! I also picked up a copy...
View ArticleImager’s Battalion by L.E. Modesitt Jr. – review
Publisher’s Description: Quaeryt, now holding the rank of subcommander in the Telaryn army of Lord Bhayar, leads history’s firs imager fighting force into a retaliatory war against the hostile nation...
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