Saga of Recluce: The Magic of Recluce (Series #1) (Paperback)

from Guide2

Probably better than 3 stars, but having read it out of order, the story looks too familiar to other of his books.

from JeremyPreacher

I've read this book, and most of the series, many, many times in the past fifteen or so years. This first book is really not great - the writing is kind of clunky, the main character (whose major motivation is that he's bored) is predictably boring a lot of the time, and the real beauty of the se...

from Karlstar

This is an interesting novel about law vs. chaos, and how they both can be good and evil, but in Modesitt's world, law is generally good. A young wizard of law must learn about law and himself while forced to confront chaos. Not quite your usual 'boy meets self while wandering the world', but clo...

from wealhtheowwylfing

This is a comfort read for me. Lerris is exiled from Recluse (home of magicians who work in Order) for asking too many questions and being too unreliable. During his time in the outside world, he slowly realizes why Recluse is the way it is--and why he can never go back. Probably the best of the ...

from jenspirko

Modesitt's world-building is intriguing, and his fresh take on the potentially cliche-ridden genre of high fantasy would be worth more than a look, if the writing itself were more effective. This book has the distinction of containing one of the worst single sentences I've read: "The hand of summ...