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Jr., L. E. Modesitt

Jr., L. E. Modesitt

Author Biography & Works

Leland Exton Modesitt Jr. is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has written over 80 novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. By 2015, the 18 novels in the Recluce series had sold nearly three million copies. By 2025, there were 25 Recluce novels.

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Books by Jr., L. E. Modesitt

The Saga Of Recluce

The Saga Of Recluce

(The Saga Of Recluce) Start here

The Saga of Reclucedescribes a constant war between order and chaos, and its magic system is a significant part of that. Where Order is present in the molecular bonds that...

The Towers Of The Sunset

The Towers Of The Sunset

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Towers of the Sunset continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy. Rather than accepting...

The Magic Engineer

The Magic Engineer

(The Saga Of Recluce)

In L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic Engineer, Dorrin, a young scion of Order magicians, is interested in forbidden knowledge—the working of machines. He is the Leonardo da Vinci of...

The Order War

The Order War

(The Recluce Saga)

The saga of Recluce, launched in The Magic of Recluce and continuing in The Towers of the Sunset and The Magic Engineer reaches a new climax in The Order War....

The Death Of Chaos

The Death Of Chaos

(The Saga Of Recluce)

Lerris, now a carpenter, is married to Krystal and wants nothing more than a quiet life, but an invasion by the Empire of Hamor is coming, and neither Candar nor...

Fall Of Angels

Fall Of Angels

(The Recluce Saga)

"Now freed from the nightmares, something about Jessica has changed. Alex is keeping a secret from her and they may be ripped apart, forever. And Cole's not about to be...

The Chaos Balance

The Chaos Balance

(The Saga Of Recluce)

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

The White Order

The White Order

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The White Order continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy. Powerful white mages killed Cerryl's...

Colors Of Chaos

Colors Of Chaos

(The Saga Of Recluce)

We meet Cerryl in the first book, The White Order, this book is a continuation of his story and his rise from nothing to great power. The situations he encounters...

Magi'i Of Cyador

Magi'i Of Cyador

(The Saga Of Recluce)

This discounted ebundle of the Saga of Recluce includes: Magi’i of Cyador, Scions of Cyador, The Wellspring of Chaos, Ordermaster "An intriguing fantasy in a fascinating world." —Robert Jordan, New...

Scion Of Cyador

Scion Of Cyador

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L. E. Modesitt, Jr. is one of the standard setters in fantasy today and his most famous series is the Saga of Recluce. Each novel fills in pieces of the...

Wellspring Of Chaos

Wellspring Of Chaos

(The Saga Of Recluce)

"An intriguing fantasy in a fascinating world." —Robert Jordan, New York Times bestselling author of The Wheel of Time® series Kharl is the best cooper in Brysta, one of the...

Ordermaster

Ordermaster

(The Saga Of Recluce)

The 13th book in the Saga of Recluce finds Kharl quelling rebellious nobles and returning to his homeland of Nordla as envoy, because Nordla has become the next target of...

Natural Ordermage

Natural Ordermage

(The Saga Of Recluce)

"An intriguing fantasy in a fascinating world." —Robert Jordan, New York Times bestselling author of The Wheel of Time® series L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s bestselling fantasy novels set in the magical...

Arms-commander

Arms-commander

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Arms-Commander continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy. The keep of Westwind at the Roof...

Cyador's Heirs

Cyador's Heirs

(The Saga Of Recluce)

Destined to command his future ruler brother's defense army, Lerial, the second son of Duke Kiedron, discovers during his training that he has a rare power to harness both Order...

Heritage Of Cyador

Heritage Of Cyador

(The Recluce Saga)

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...

Imager Portfolio

Imager Portfolio

(Imager Portfolio)

Imager Portfolio may not be L.E. Modesitt Jr’s most original fantasy, but it undoubtedly fits the sub-genre. Set in the nation of Solidar, it follows Rhennthyl, a wool master’s son....

Imager's Challenge

Imager's Challenge

(Imager Portfolio)

The second big novel in the Imager Portfolio, in a world where magic rules in secret

Scholar

Scholar

(Imager Portfolio)

This new novel begins an all-new story arc in Modesitt's popular Imager Portfolio.

Princeps

Princeps

(Imager Portfolio)

Quaeryt, the scholar-imager, is first sent north to investigate and put down a rebellion. He is then given the job of managing the recovery after a natural disaster, as Lord...

Imager's Battalion

Imager's Battalion

(Imager Portfolio)

The thrilling third volume in the second arc of the "New York Times"-bestselling Imager Portfolio follows magical hero Quaryt as he leads history's first Imager fighting force into war.

Antiagon Fire

Antiagon Fire

(Imager Portfolio)

The Imager Porfolio is a bestselling and innovative epic fantasy series from L. E. Modesitt, Jr. that RT Book Reviews says “shines with engrossing characters, terrific plotting, and realistic world-building.”...

Imager Portfolio

Imager Portfolio

(Imager Portfolio)

This is Le Modessit’s best work so far. It’s not a standout fantasy series, but it is pretty entertaining. Modessit’s fantasy typically features a young callow boy who rises through...

The Order War

The Order War

(The Saga Of Recluce)

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...

Fall Of Angels

Fall Of Angels

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L. E. Modesitt's bestselling fantasy novels set in the magical world of Recluce have established a standard of entertainment in contemporary fantasy. "In Modesitt's universe, where good and evil, chaos...

Mage-guard Of Hamor

Mage-guard Of Hamor

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Mage-Guard of Hamor continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy. As young apprentice on the...

Imager's Intrigue

Imager's Intrigue

(Imager Portfolio)

In Imager, the first book of the Imager Portfolio, we met Rhennthyl, an apprentice portrait artist whose life was changed by a disastrous fire. But the blaze that took his...

Madness In Solidar

Madness In Solidar

(Imager Portfolio)

The Imager Porfolio is a bestselling and innovative epic fantasy series from L. E. Modesitt, Jr. that RT Book Reviews says “shines with engrossing characters, terrific plotting, and realistic world-building.”...

Treachery's Tools

Treachery's Tools

(Imager Portfolio)

The Imager Porfolio is a bestselling and innovative epic fantasy series from L. E. Modesitt, Jr. that RT Book Reviews says “shines with engrossing characters, terrific plotting, and realistic world-building.”...

Assassin’s Price

Assassin’s Price

(Imager Portfolio)

The eleventh novel in the New York Times bestselling fantasy series the Imager Portfolio and the third book in the new story arc that began with Madness in Solidar

The Towers Of The Sunset

The Towers Of The Sunset

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Towers of the Sunset continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy. Rather than accepting...

The Order War

The Order War

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Order War continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one of the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy. The deadly White Wizards...

The White Order

The White Order

(The Saga Of Recluce)

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...

Ordermaster

Ordermaster

(The Saga Of Recluce)

The 13th book in the Saga of Recluce finds Kharl quelling rebellious nobles and returning to his homeland of Nordla as envoy, because Nordla has become the next target of...

Natural Ordermage

Natural Ordermage

(The Saga Of Recluce)

The first of two brand-new volumes in the Recluce saga, set mostly on the continent of Hamor, begins when Rahl, a young apprentice scrivener, is exiled in Hamor. As his...

Cyador's Heirs

Cyador's Heirs

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Cyador's Heirs continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy. Decades after the fall of Cyador,...

Heritage Of Cyador

Heritage Of Cyador

(The Saga Of Recluce)

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Heritage of Cyador continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy. Five years after utterly destroing...

The Mongrel Mage

The Mongrel Mage

(The Saga Of Recluce)

The first novel in a new story arc in the bestselling epic fantasy Saga of Recluce

Outcasts Of Order

Outcasts Of Order

(The Saga Of Recluce)

After using frightening powers to save lives and survive a war, Order mage Beltur is forced on the run.

Last of the First

Last of the First

Alyiakal is a Mirror Lancer, transferred to the headquarters of Cyador and promoted to Subcommander. His campaigns have removed most of the empire's outside enemies, and the real dangers are...

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