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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 le ...more

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	The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 25,916 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic Engineer (The Saga of Recluce, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 10,538 ratings — published 1994 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Towers of the Sunset (The Saga of Recluce, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 10,581 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imager (Imager Portfolio, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 9,603 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Chaos (The Saga of Recluce, #5) 4.01 avg rating — 9,167 ratings — published 1995 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Order War (The Saga of Recluce, #4) 3.99 avg rating — 8,833 ratings — published 1995 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fall of Angels (The Saga of Recluce, #6) 4.02 avg rating — 7,297 ratings — published 1996 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imager's Challenge (Imager Portfolio, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 6,341 ratings — published 2009 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Order (The Saga of Recluce, #8) 4.09 avg rating — 6,098 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colors of Chaos (The Saga of Recluce, #9) 4.14 avg rating — 5,747 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The other day I received an email from a faithful reader who noted that he had stopped reading The Soprano Sorceress because the song magic was "too easy." Over the years I've received other comments along the lines that all she had to do was open her mouth and sing.

Right. Except that under the magic system in Erde, the song had to be perfectly on pitch and in key; the words had to specify what

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The Saga of Recluce (26 books)
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The Saga of Recluce (Chronological) (27 books)
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Recluce Zyklus (14 books)
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Imager Portfolio (12 books)
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L.E. Jr. answered Robert's question: No question, just a thank you for writing some of favorite books. ? You're welcome, and I appreciate your support.
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L.E. Jr. answered Kurt's question: It is likely that you did not anticipate "The Saga of Recluce" making it to a series of 26+ books so it would not have occurred to you to present "The Saga of Recluce" separate sub-series? If there to be a reissue group under the main character. Recluce: Alyiakal, Recluce: Lerris, Recluce: Lorn, Cerryl, Beltur, Lerial, Kharl, Rahl, etc.. though there are other ways to give sub-series names. Whether there will be reissues of the Recluce books in specific formats is not my choice but Tor's. As an author, once I've sold a book, my choices are quite limited.
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