I remember liking The Magic of Recluce alot, but never read the series past 3 books or so. So when Humble Bundle was selling the entire series for $18, I picked it up and downloaded it to my Kindle. L. E. Modesitt has a under-stated style that's transparent and easy to read.
This first book in the series is a coming of age story, but rather than a call to adventure, Lerris is exiled from his home island kingdom of Recluce for being bored with everything he's being taught to do. It turns out that he's the scion of powerful wizards, and the fact of his exile at a very young age was to show that even the rulers of Recluce live by the rules.
The world of Recluce's magic is based on order vs chaos, and as Lerris discovers which side of the fence he's on, he also gets the world explained to him. I enjoyed his self-discovery and by the end of the book Lerris is no longer bored.
Recommended. You knew that --- I wouldn't have spent good money instead of checking it out from the library otherwise.
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I have been following your blog for years, especially to get book recommendations. I think I bought the first Recluce book on your recommendation. I then proceeded to buy the next 5 and enjoyed them but the last one was post the original story arc and I felt it was a bit of a recycling of past metrials and couldn´t get engaged enough with it.
I especially like his detailed description of processes - the characters really work hard in his books!! If I had to choose one, The Magic Engineer is one that I have reread a couple of times.
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