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    Fall of Angels
    Fall of Angels
    Fall of Angels
    Audiobook21 hours

    Fall of Angels

    Written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

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    About this audiobook

    L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s bestselling fantasy novels set in the magical world of Recluce have established a standard of entertainment in contemporary fantasy. "In Modesitt's universe, where good and evil, chaos and order, are in perpetual conflict, a young wizard finds that his destiny is to strike a balance, but at considerable personal cost. Modesitt creates a deeper and more intricate world with each volume," says Publishers Weekly. "Modesitt's elaborate and intelligent working out of a system of magic and a system of technology parallel to it is becoming more the lifeblood of the Recluce books with every new volume. . . . His saga continues to gain in popularity," says Booklist. Each Recluce novel tells an independent story that nevertheless reverberates though all the other Recluce novels to deepen and enrich the listener's experience.

    Now, in Fall of Angels, Modesitt moves deep into Recluce's past to chronicle the founding of the Empire of the Legend, the almost mythological domain ruled by women warriors on the highland plateau of the continent of Candar. He tells the story from the point of view of Nylan, the engineer and builder whose job it is to raise a great tower on the plateau known as the Roof of the World. Here the exiled women warriors will live and survive to fulfill their destiny. Here a revolutionary new society will be born . . . if Nylan can get the tower built and defenses in place before the rulers of the lowland nations come with their armies to obliterate them all. And if Nylan can learn to control the magical powers that are growing within him.

    Thus Modesitt relates the story of how magic comes into the world of Recluce, in a fantasy novel destined to please the growing Recluce audience and win new fans of the series.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 17, 2014
    ISBN9781452686820
    Fall of Angels
    Author

    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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    • 5/5
      Very good with a lot of modern day fiction (lazer technologies) but seems to have happened long time ago
    • 5/5
      Prior to reading this book it had been a couple years since I had read the last book in the Saga of Recluce. After reading Fall of Angels though I think I will be reading the next one quite soon as this book reminded me of the many reasons I have enjoyed this author and series so far. Although this book is the sixth book in the series it is set earlier than the previous books. It is the origin of Westwind and those who rule it. The "Angels" of Westwind are actually the marooned crew of a military space vessel. They are of a culture where woman, not men, are dominant. Their arrival heralds the dawn of a new era for the world of Recluce and this novel tells of their early struggle against the elements and hostile natives. The story is told from the point of view of Nylan, a male, who was the engineer among the crew and becomes a black mage on recluce. Modesitt continues to impress me and I can't wait to read the next installment.
    • 3/5
      Fall of Angels is the only explicitly sci-fi book in the series (although, granted, the magic system may as well be sci-fi throughout, as rigorous as it is) and it's definitely more interesting for it. It sets up the female-dominated societies portrayed in later books as well as the background behind Westwind, which is critical later (earlier?) on.

      That said, I'm only mildly fond of it. The lasers and spaceships don't really take up enough of the story to differentiate it, and while it has lots of the crafting porn I so inexplicably enjoy, it's not really enough to make this better than a middling Recluce adventure.
    • 3/5
      Fall of Angels begins a SF story arc in a predominantly fantasy series. This is where the high-tech precursors of Recluce’s order mages become stranded on the world of Recluce and establish the matriarchal society at Westwind. The characters’ technical adaptations and achievements are interesting, and judging by the consistency of the chaos and order potential already showcased in this series, is not surprising that in this book and in The Chaos Balance (its chronological sequel) we receive a consistent SF account of how it came to be. The coherent system of ‘magic’ in the Recluce books is part of what makes it such a standout series for me.
    • 5/5
      This is my personal favorite of the Recluce novels. The science fiction to fantasy overlap done at the beginning is not a conceit that I particularly enjoy, but Modesitt moves past it quickly as he begins to tell the story of stranded crew of the Winterlance, a starship blasted into the unfamiliar world of Recluce. The bulk of the story is about the attempts of the Winterlance's captain and chief engineer, Ryba and Nylan, to (at times literally) carve out a home in a world that detests them because most of the crew are women.Despite the numerous battles and the staggering death toll racked up, this is really a story about building. Constructing buildings, constructing a new way of life, and struggling with the elements and with themselves to survive in a foreign and hostile situation.Of all the Recluce novels, and I own them all, this is the one that I have picked up the most often.
    • 3/5
      Depending on how you order this series, this is the story of the beginning of the Recluce series, telling how the 'angels' of Westwind fell from the skies. Like most of the series, the characters in this book drag you in and take you along.