Modesitt continues his bestselling Saga of Recluce with his 20th book in the long-running series. Beltur began his journey in The Mongrel Mage and continues with Outcasts of Order, the next book of his story arc in the Saga of Recluce.
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Beltur, an Order mage, discovers he possesses frightening powers not seen for hundreds of years. With his new abilities, he survives the war in Elparta and saves the lives of all. However, victory comes with a price. His fellow mages now see him as a threat to be destroyed, and the local merchants want to exploit his power.
There's only one way he can remain free and survive—he's going to have to run.
Saga of Recluce
#1 The Magic of Recluce / #2 The Towers of 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 / #20 Outcasts of Order / #21 The Mage-Fire War
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
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May 1, 2018
Second part of the trilogy (The Mongrel Mage, 2017) embedded in the Recluce fantasy series in which white chaos magic and black order magic coexist--often violently.Beltur--a black mage of great power, able to blend both chaos and order, an ability not seen for hundreds of years--settles after the war in Elparta, where he polices the streets, learns healing, and assists talented smith Jorhan in crafting rare and beautiful objects from cupridium, an alloy that only a mage such as he can create; the items fetch high prices. He's also hoping to marry the healer Jessyla. But Cohndar, head of the black council, views him as a threat; worse, the black mage Waensyn wants Jessyla for himself, and the pair conspire to destroy Beltur and Jorhan. Clearly a showdown looms, so Beltur prepares to flee, with no guarantee that conditions will be any more tolerable elsewhere. True, the characters may seem somewhat idealized--Beltur, for instance, invariably puts principles and ethics before profit and power, but often his actions are constrained by the backdrop's inexorable logic, which says black mages and healers cannot lie (though they can dissemble) and can detect when others do. Few series, after all, are developed with such remarkable rigor and depth over 20 volumes and millions of words. Neither is Modesitt writing hagiography: Beltur will kill if his life, or those dear to him, is threatened. In crafting this convincing portrait of a genuinely humble man guided by his clear-cut, innate sense of right and wrong, Modesitt shows how apparent weaknesses can become sources of great strength. And while most of his stories explore complex philosophical issues without pedantry or prejudice, this trilogy is doing so with particular thoroughness.Always a pleasure to abide in Modesitt's universe, if only for a few hours or days.COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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January 1, 2018
In this next in Modesitt's long-running, goes-like-hotcakes "Saga of Recluce," Order mage Beltur is seen as a threat after he uses his powers to save his people during the fierce fighting in Elparta.
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