All 26 Saga of Recluce Books In Order at Book DNA

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The Magic of Recluce

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 Towers of the Sunset

The Towers of the Sunset returns to Recluce to tell the tale of the founding of the island kingdom, and the heroic life of its founder, the powerful weather-magician Creslin.

Rather than accepting a marriage arranged by his mother, the powerful military matriarch of Westwind, he chooses exile, setting out…

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The Magic Engineer

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…

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The Order War

Appealing to the Black order Wizards of Recluce and a young engineer named Justin, the ruler of Sarronnyn hopes to preserve an ancient matriarchy that is threatened by the White Wizards of Fairhaven. By the author of The Magic Engineer.

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The Death of Chaos

Lerris has settled into being a woodworker and building a life with Krystal. But this newfound peace is endangered when both Candar and Recluce come under the threat of invasion from the Empire of Hamor. Despite the imminent possibility of destruction, the lands of Candar will not unite and Recluce…

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Fall of Angels

Nylan, the engineer and builder, races against time to raise a great tower on the plateau known as the Roof of the World, a place in which the exiled women warriors will create new lives, before the rulers of lowland nations come to obliterate them all.

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The Chaos Balance

After being driven out of Westwind by the tyranny of Ryba the Angel Leader, Nylan, Istril, and Nylan's baby son are forced to retreat to the hot regions of Candar, where the Angel's former enemy Lornth recruits Nylan and Istril to fight the menacing Cydoran empire.

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The White Order

After Cerryl's parents are killed by powerful white mages, he is adopted by a family that notices that his father's keen magical ability has been passed on, and they eventually send Cerryl to the city of Fairhaven to find his destiny as a great magician, in the latest installment in…

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Colors of Chaos

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Colors of Chaos continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one of the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.

Now a full mage in the White Order, Cerryl must prove himself indispensable to Jeslek, the High Wizard.

Whether through assassination, effective governance of…

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Magi'i of Cyador

An intelligent boy who frequently questions authority is shipped off to the frontier by his family's enemies and trained to be an lancer--a career that results in 50% casualties. 50,000 first printing.

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Scion of Cyador

MAGI'I OF CYADOR introduced Lorn, a talented boy born into the family of Magi'i. Now his story continues ...

Having survived both barbarian raiders and the giant beasts of the Accursed Forest, Lorn has proven himself to be a fine officer ... perhaps too fine an officer. As his prowess…

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Wellspring of Chaos

Kharl is the best cooper in Brysta, one of the major cities in Nordla, and his life has been as ordered and dependable as his barrels. His trouble begins when he saves a neighbour's daughter from the violent advances of two upper-class men. Then he rescues a rape victim he…

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Ordermaster

The cooper Kharl has no sooner taken possession of the estate bestowed upon him by Lord Ghrant of Austra as thanks for his aid in quelling the revolt of Ghrant's dispossessed brother, when he is summoned back to the capital. Hagen, his friend the lord chancellor, needs help in dealing…

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Natural Ordermage

L. E. Modesitt, Jr. begins a new Recluce story in "The Natural Ordermage", the first of two volumes set mostly on the continent of Hamor, far across the sea from Recluce where the story begins, a new setting for this series that fans will be eager to explore. Rahl, a…

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Mage-Guard of Hamor

Rahl was a young apprentice on the island of Recluce sent to the mages training school for testing, then banished to Hamor. His education now continues under dangerous circumstances. In Hamor, his powers have increased, but so has the amount of trouble he attracts.The whole society of Hamor is a…

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Arms-Commander

"Arms-Commander" takes place ten years after the end of The Chaos Balance and tells the story of the legendary Saryn. The keep of Westwind, in the cold mountainous heights called the Roof of the World, is facing attack by the adjoining land of Gallos. Arthanos, son and heir to the…

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Cyador's Heirs

Decades after the fall of Cyador, its survivors have re-established 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…

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Heritage of Cyador

Scarcely a year after the events of Cyador's Heirs, Lerial uses his mastery of Order and Chaos, the competing natural forces that shape his world and define the magic that exists within it, to utterly destroy an Afritan military force crossing into Cigoerne. Five years later, Lerial, now an overcaptain…

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The Mongrel Mage

L. E. Modesitt, Jr. returns to his longest and bestselling fantasy series with volume nineteen, The Mongrel Mage, which marks the beginning of a new story arc.

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Outcasts of Order

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.

Beltur, an Order mage, discovers he possesses frightening powers not seen for hundreds of years. With his new abilities, he survives the war in…

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The Mage-Fire War

Prejudice against the use of chaos magic force Beltur and his companions to flee their refuge in Axalt. The rulers of nearby Montgren have offered them sanctuary and the opportunity to become the Councilors of the run-down and disintegrating town of Haven.

Montegren lacks any mages - white or black…

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Fairhaven Rising

Modesitt continues his bestselling Saga of Recluce with his twenty-second book in the long-running series. Fairhaven Rising follows The Mage-Fire War.

Sixteen years have passed since the mage Beltur helped to found the town of Fairhaven, and Taelya, Beltur's adopted niece, is now a white mage undercaptain in the Road…

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From the Forest

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Overcaptain

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Sub-Majer's Challenge

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Last of the First

26 Saga of Recluce books in order

1 The Magic of Recluce

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2 The Towers of the Sunset

3 The Magic Engineer

4 The Order War

5 The Death of Chaos

6 Fall of Angels

7 The Chaos Balance

8 The White Order

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9 Colors of Chaos

10 Magi'i of Cyador

11 Scion of Cyador

12 Wellspring of Chaos

13 Ordermaster

14 Natural Ordermage

15 Mage-Guard of Hamor

16 Arms-Commander

17 Cyador's Heirs

18 Heritage of Cyador

19 The Mongrel Mage

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20 Outcasts of Order

21 The Mage-Fire War

22 Fairhaven Rising

23 From the Forest

24 Overcaptain

25 Sub-Majer's Challenge

26 Last of the First