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L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Author · 90 books

L. E. (Leland Exton) Modesitt, Jr. is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts, lived in Washington, D.C. for 20 years, then moved to New Hampshire in 1989 where he met his wife. They relocated to Cedar City, Utah in 1993. He has worked as a Navy pilot, lifeguard, delivery boy, unpaid radio disc jockey, real estate agent, market research analyst, director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant for a Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer and writer in residence. In addition to his novels, Mr. Modesitt has published technical studies and articles, columns, poetry, and a number of science fiction stories. His first short story, "The Great American Economy", was published in 1973 in Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact. -Wikipedia

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Princeps book cover

Princeps

2012

Councilor book cover

Councilor

2022

Arms-Commander book cover

Arms-Commander

2010

The Timegod book cover

The Timegod

1982

Haze and The Hammer of Darkness book cover

Haze and The Hammer of Darkness

2016

The Silent Warrior book cover

The Silent Warrior

1987

The Ecolitan Enigma book cover

The Ecolitan Enigma

1997

Darksong Rising book cover

Darksong Rising

1999

New World Blues book cover

New World Blues

2012

Cadmian's Choice book cover

Cadmian's Choice

2006

Endgames book cover

Endgames

2019

The Elysium Commission book cover

The Elysium Commission

2007

Overcaptain book cover

Overcaptain

2024

Imager book cover

Imager

2009

The Green Progression book cover

The Green Progression

1991

The Eternity Artifact book cover

The Eternity Artifact

2005

Fairhaven Rising book cover

Fairhaven Rising

2021

Alector's Choice book cover

Alector's Choice

2005

The Ecolitan Operation book cover

The Ecolitan Operation

2010

Natural Ordermage book cover

Natural Ordermage

2007

The Magic of Recluce book cover

The Magic of Recluce

1991

In Endless Twilight book cover

In Endless Twilight

1988

Magi'i of Cyador book cover

Magi'i of Cyador

2000

Legacies book cover

Legacies

2002

Colors of Chaos book cover

Colors of Chaos

1998

The Shadow Sorceress book cover

The Shadow Sorceress

2001

Flash book cover

Flash

2004

From the Forest book cover

From the Forest

2024

The Order War book cover

The Order War

1995

Quantum Shadows book cover

Quantum Shadows

2020

The Ecologic Envoy book cover

The Ecologic Envoy

1986

Scepters book cover

Scepters

2004

Contrarian book cover

Contrarian

2023

Madness in Solidar book cover

Madness in Solidar

2015

Der Malachit-Thron book cover

Der Malachit-Thron

2003

Haze book cover

Haze

2009

Timediver's Dawn book cover

Timediver's Dawn

1992

The Hammer of Darkness book cover

The Hammer of Darkness

1985

The Mongrel Mage book cover

The Mongrel Mage

2017

Rex Regis book cover

Rex Regis

2014

Of Tangible Ghosts book cover

Of Tangible Ghosts

1994

Imager's Battalion book cover

Imager's Battalion

2013

Scion of Cyador book cover

Scion of Cyador

2000

Soarer's Choice book cover

Soarer's Choice

2006

Isolate book cover

Isolate

2021

The Mage-Fire War book cover

The Mage-Fire War

2019

Imager's Intrigue book cover

Imager's Intrigue

2010

Dawn for a Distant Earth book cover

Dawn for a Distant Earth

1987

Outcasts of Order book cover

Outcasts of Order

2018

The Forest Girl book cover

The Forest Girl

2017

Cyador's Heirs book cover

Cyador's Heirs

2014

The Parafaith War book cover

The Parafaith War

1996

Wellspring of Chaos book cover

Wellspring of Chaos

2004

The Octagonal Raven book cover

The Octagonal Raven

2001

Viewpoints Critical book cover

Viewpoints Critical

Selected Stories

2008

The Magic Engineer book cover

The Magic Engineer

1994

The Ghost of the Revelator book cover

The Ghost of the Revelator

1998

Treachery's Tools book cover

Treachery's Tools

2016

Gravity Dreams book cover

Gravity Dreams

1999

Scholar book cover

Scholar

2011

The One-Eyed Man book cover

The One-Eyed Man

A Fugue, with Winds and Accompaniment

2013

The Lord-Protector's Daughter book cover

The Lord-Protector's Daughter

2008

Adiamante book cover

Adiamante

1996

Sturm der Barbaren book cover

Sturm der Barbaren

2002

The Ethos Effect book cover

The Ethos Effect

2003

Darknesses book cover

Darknesses

2003

The White Order book cover

The White Order

1998

Ghost of the White Nights book cover

Ghost of the White Nights

2001

Archform book cover

Archform

Beauty

2002

Shadowsinger book cover

Shadowsinger

2002

Assassin's Price book cover

Assassin's Price

2017

Fall of Angels book cover

Fall of Angels

1996

Ordermaster book cover

Ordermaster

2005

Mage-Guard of Hamor book cover

Mage-Guard of Hamor

2008

The Soprano Sorceress book cover

The Soprano Sorceress

1997

The Spellsong War book cover

The Spellsong War

1998

Antiagon Fire book cover

Antiagon Fire

2013

Empress of Eternity book cover

Empress of Eternity

2010

Der Magier von Fairhaven book cover

Der Magier von Fairhaven

2001

The Towers of the Sunset book cover

The Towers of the Sunset

1992

The Death of Chaos book cover

The Death of Chaos

1995

Lady-Protector book cover

Lady-Protector

2011

Solar Express book cover

Solar Express

2015

The Ecologic Secession book cover

The Ecologic Secession

1990

Instinct book cover

Instinct

An Animal Rescuers Anthology

2023

Die Waffenhändler von Hamor book cover

Die Waffenhändler von Hamor

2000

The Chaos Balance book cover

The Chaos Balance

1997

Heritage of Cyador book cover

Heritage of Cyador

2014

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination book cover

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination

Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius

2013

Imager's Challenge book cover

Imager's Challenge

2009

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