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Madness in Solidar
Madness in Solidar
Madness in Solidar
Audiobook17 hours

Madness in Solidar

Written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Narrated by William Dufris

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Four centuries after its founding, Solidar's Collegium of Imagers is in decline, the exploits of its founder, the legendary Quaeryt, largely forgotten. The Collegium is so lacking in leadership that the dying Maitre must summon Alastar, an obscure but talented senior imager who has little knowledge of politics in the capital, as his successor. When Alastar arrives in L'Excelsis and becomes the new Maitre, he finds disarray and lack of discipline within the Collegium, and the ruler of Solidar is so hated by the High Holders that they openly refer to him as being mad. To make matters worse, neither Rex Ryen nor the High Holders have any respect for the Collegium. Soon Alastar finds himself in the middle of a power struggle, with Ryen demanding that the Collegium remove the strongest High Holders and the military leadership in turn plotting to topple Ryen and destroy the Collegium. At the same time, Ryen is demanding that the High Holders pay a massive increase in taxes while he initiates a grandiose building project. And all that, Alastar discovers, is only a fraction of the problems he and the Collegium face.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 3, 2015
ISBN9781494575298
Madness in Solidar
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L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is the bestselling author of the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce, Corean Chronicles, and the Imager Portfolio. His science fiction includes Adiamante, the Ecolitan novels, the Forever Hero Trilogy, and Archform: Beauty. Besides a writer, Modesitt has been a U.S. Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant and staff director for a U.S. Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    my rating is for the narrator. I'm wondering if I can endure more read by a man who cannot pronounce "iron." still there is no other option for me until late 2019 if I want the story. wish this came in ebook version...
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another book in the imager portfolio, this time about the "mad king" and the imager of the collegium at the time. I understand this book is a stand alone, and not Modesitt's usual "character two book pair" writing, or like the rest of the imager books, which are broken into larger series. The first imager trilogy (Rhen) was the best. The Quaeryt series was very good, especially in the latter parts, but I never connected with him as strongly or got as drawn into the world as I did with Rhen in the beginning.

    This book in particular seems rather rushed at times, and throws you right into the world at the start.

    I wouldn't recommend reading this book without any prior knowledge of the world from the others.., or at least the first trilogy.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The ninth book in the Imager Portfolio falling between the two series within the Portfolio we have been given. It is to be a standalone book, but it would definitely help if you've read books 4 thru 8, the Quaeryt cycle. We have a tale where a solid man in his thirties or forties is thrust into the middle of a power struggle. Thus our hero already knows a great deal about himself and his abilities and has an idea on how to deal with problems. Not usually the case with a novel by Modesitt since he likes to take us through the growth of a young person into adulthood. Here politics and how to deal with political aspirations is key, as is several layers of duplicity by those who would stop at nothing to achieve their ends. Some of which seems to become obvious to us the reader before the reveal. That, without more Red Herrings (though there are many) and several (too many) reputations of the reciting of events we witnessed detract. When we see an event, we do not need the Hero to retell all about the event 5 times. The Hero can easy segway into a few words in the beginning of a paragraph and the narrative voice can then add that the hero continued to explain, instead of using dialogue to cover every event over and over and over until the readers eyes glaze.Showing the balance of his design in this world of how the main country is set up and how his government is balances is pretty good. Some things, far too many, are too extraneous to the story. Such as sermons for his created religion. Modesitt tells a good fantasy story. Better than many, but with too much of this extra superfluous bits and pieces that it is not as good as he used to be.