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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 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 wh...

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Average rating: 3.85 · 41,013 ratings · 1,360 reviews · 74 distinct works

	The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 4,804 ratings — published 1991 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Magic Engineer (The Saga of Recluce, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 2,398 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Death of Chaos (The Saga of Recluce, #5) 3.86 avg rating — 2,103 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Order War (The Saga of Recluce, #4) 3.84 avg rating — 2,018 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Towers of the Sunset (The Saga of Recluce, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 2,067 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Fall of Angels (The Saga of Recluce, #6) 3.89 avg rating — 1,548 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Chaos Balance (The Saga of Recluce, #7) 3.87 avg rating — 1,398 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Colors of Chaos (The Saga of Recluce, #9) 3.97 avg rating — 1,300 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The White Order (The Saga of Recluce, #8) 3.97 avg rating — 1,258 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Magi'i of Cyador (The Saga of Recluce, #10) 4.04 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	My rating:

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The Saga of Recluce (16 books)
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Corean Chronicles (8 books)
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Imager Portfolio (3 books)
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“If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.”
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“Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.”
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“Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.”
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