The Magic Engineer is, possibly, my favorite of the Recluce books I have read so far. Like the rest of the books in the series, it’s set in a different age, with different characters and different political factions. The Chaos wizards of Fairhaven still have a hegemony extending across most of Candar, and they’re still […]
The Towers of the Sunset is the second book, by order of publication, in L. E. Modesitt’s Saga of Recluce. (First book: The Magic of Recluce) It’s a prequel, covering the story behind the founding of Recluce, the island haven of Order mages. It takes awhile to get into Towers, not only because you’re unceremoniously […]
The Magic of Recluce is the sort of book that takes a little while to get into, but it’s hard to put down after. L. E. Modesitt tells the story from the first-person perspective of Lerris, a “bored” youth born on the island of Recluce. The Order-obsessed nation pushes him to leave on the dangergeld—a […]
