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Loading... The Chaos Balance (1997)by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
None.  JeremyPreacher | Mar 30, 2013 |  This book felt a bit strained, as if the author needed to tell this story, but really didn't know what to do with it. The characters go to a lot of trouble that seems like it could have been avoided somehow. This one follows the now familiar pattern of a Black Wizard that develops unbeatable powers, but only after taking a beating learning. (  )1  Karlstar | Sep 25, 2008 | Nylan the spaceship engineer and now order master has had enough of annoying matriarchy, and leaves with his wife and child to go into the outside world. With his power and talents, he ends up being a key player in events, and in a battle against the Chaos Wizards. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/02/chaos-engineer-l-e-modesitt.html (  ) bluetyson | Feb 5, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0812571304, Mass Market Paperback)The saga of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., has become one of the standard works of fantasy in the 1990s. VOYA says, "Modesitt's logical structure of the interrelationship of order and chaos, magic and technology, is one of the most through in modern fantasy. The personal growth of his characters and the depiction of their world, it well-written and credible - and involves the reader... The serious fantasy reader will revel in Modesitt's work." Launched with The Magic of Recluce, the novels of Recluce have gone on to sell over a million copies in paperback. The most recent of the Recluce novels, Fall of Angels, introduced the engineer/smith Nylan, the only man among the leadership of the company of "angels" marooned on a high plateau in the west of Candar, and perhaps the one person most responsible for their survival. But the angels are a matriarchal band, and so Nylan must leave his companions and seek a life elsewhere. He travels down from the plateau into the world of warring kingdoms and strange magics with his companion, Ayrlyn, the healer, and his infant son. They are in search of a place to lead a peaceful life, but they look different from the locals, and their talents are most valued in battle - and so the war between chaos and order begins again. The Chaos Balance is the seventh book of the saga of Recluce. (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:40:27 -0500) The newest novel in the "Saga of Recluce" series finds Nylan, engineer and mage, Istril, the red-headed healer, and Nylan's baby son being driven out of Westwind by the tyranny of Ryba, the Angel leader. When the group seeks refuge with the Angels' former enemy, Lornth, they are soon recruited into fighting against the menacing Cyadoran empire.… (more) |
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It is interesting to see the degenerate descendants of Cyador, given that those books are among my very favorites, but they're reduced to cackling villains a little too much to be really compelling. And everyone else is just doomed. (