Book description
The Magic of Recluce launched a bestselling epic fantasy world that now spans multiple volumes.
Young Lerris yearns to find a place in the world better suited to his skills and temperament. In Recluce this means taking one of two options: permanent exile from Recluce or the dangergeld, a complex,…
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The Saga of Recluse by L.E. Modesitt Jr. is a massive series of twenty interconnected novels that span centuries of its world’s history. The author recommends reading the series in order of publication, so we begin with The Magic of Recluse. In this novel we see a world in which the use of the two opposing disciplines of magic, known as Order and Chaos, are woven into the very fabric of society. As the story unfolds we see how Modesitt has carefully crafted each system, pausing to flesh out the societal implications of such. In the world of Recluse,…
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