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The Mill River Recluse
by Darcie Chan
Disfigured by the blow of an abusive husband, and suffering her entire life with severe social anxiety disorder, the widow Mary McAllister spends almost sixty years secluded in a white marble mansion overlooking the town of Mill River, Vermont. Her links to the outside world are few: the mail, the media, an elderly priest with a guilty habit of pilfering spoons, and a bedroom window with a view of the town... (more)
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 3
The Magic Engineer
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Return now to the world of Recluce in The Magic Engineer.
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 1
The Magic of Recluce
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
With The Magic of Recluce , L.E. Modesitt made his impressive hardcover debut, breaking out in wide scope and grand scale with a novel in the great tradition of the war between good and evil in a wonderful fantasy world. Modesitt had been producing fast-paced, slickly-written novels of SF adventure, often compared to the work of Keith Laumer and Gordon R. Dickson. Then, in his biggest and best book yet, he... (more)
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 12
Wellspring of Chaos
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Kharl is the best cooper in Brysta, one of the major cities in Nordla, and his life has been as ordered and dependable as his barrels. His trouble begins when he saves a neighbor's daughter from the violent advances of two upper-class men. Then he rescues an actual rape victim he finds unconscious in an alley, a blackstaffer -- a young expatriate mage -- from Recluce, and that makes his wife very uneasy. The... (more)
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 13
Ordermaster
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Ordermaster is the 13th book in the Saga of Recluce and the direct sequel to Wellspring of Chaos . The cooper Kharl has no sooner taken possession of the estate bestowed upon him by Lord Ghrant of Austra for his aid in quelling the revolt of Ghrant's dispossessed brother, when he is summoned back to the capital. Hagen, his friend the lord-chancellor, needs help in dealing with rebellious nobles. After a bloody... (more)
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 9
Colors of Chaos
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
The biggest fantasy from L. E. Modesitt, Jr. to date, Colors of Chaos is the story of the White Chaos wizard Cerryl: his education in life and love, and his rise to power in the magicians guild of Fairhaven. This is the direct sequel to The White Order , which told of Cerryl's boyhood and youth, and takes place at the same time as the events in Modesitt's earlier novel, The Magic Engineer . Yet it stands... (more)
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 5
The Death of Chaos
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Candar is being invaded and Lerris must become the greatest wizard of all time-or see his whole world destroyed.
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 4
The Order War
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
The saga of Recluce, launched in The Magic of Recluce and continuing in The Towers of the Sunset and The Magic Engineer reaches a new climax in The Order War . "Modesitt has created an exceptionally vivid world," says L. Sprague de Camp, "so concretely visualized as to give the impression that Modesitt himself must have dwelt there." Publishers Weekly says, "Modesitt creates a complex world bgased on a... (more)
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 2
The Towers of the Sunset
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Return now to the world of Recluce in The Towers of the Sunset
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 14
Natural Ordermage
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. begins a new Recluce story in The Natural Ordermage , the first of two volumes set mostly on the continent of Hamor, far across the sea from Recluce where the story begins, a new setting for this series that fans will be eager to explore. Rahl, a young apprentice scrivener on the island of Recluce, likes life to work out in his favor. To make sure things go his way, he uses a small amount of... (more)
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 10
Magi'i of Cyador
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is one of the standard setters in fantasy today, and his most famous series is the Saga of Recluce. Each novel fills in pieces of the history of this land where Chaos and Order strive to maintain a magical balance. Magi'i of Cyador marks the beginning of a new tale from deep within the rich depths of the history of Recluce. This is the story of Lorn, a talented boy born into a family of... (more)
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Danger at the Door
by Michelle Sutton
Upon her fiancé's death, Laney became a recluse who only left her home for emergencies. She managed to survive - barely - on food delivery service and her work-at-home job. When she tries to move on from her grief, the commemorative meal she orders is ruined. However, it leads to an unlikely friendship with an attractive man, Bojan, who speaks little English. As he befriends Laney he continually says the... (more)
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Colours of Chaos (Recluce)
by L E Modesitt
Cerryl, now a full mage in The White Order, must prove himself indispensable to Jeslek, the High Wizard. He faces many harrowing obstacles, not the least of which is Anya - the plotting seductress who is the real power behind the white wizards.
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 6
Fall of Angels
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
L. E. Modesitt'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 ... (more)
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 8
The White Order
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
L.E. Modesitt's bestselling fantasy novels set in the world of Recluce are among the most popular in contemporary fantasy. Rich in detail, Modesitt's Recluce books are a feast of wonderous marvels. Booklist notes, "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... (more)
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The Saga of Recluce: Book 7
The Chaos Balance
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
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... (more)
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The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
All children mythologize their birth...So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's collection of stories, which are as famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale as they are for the delight and enchantment of the twelve that do exist.The enigmatic Winter has spent six decades creating various outlandish life histories for herself -- all of them inventions that have brought her... (more)
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The Saga Of Recluce: Book 11
Scion of Cyador
by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Scion of Cyador continues the story begun in Magii of Cyador. Exploring the rich depths of the history of Recluce, Magii of Cyador introduced Lorn, a talented boy born into a family of Magii. A fastidious student mage who lacked blind devotion, Lorn was made into a lancer officer and shipped off to the frontier. Having survived an extended stint fighting both barbarian raiders and the giant beasts of the Accursed... (more)
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Amsterdam Cops: Book 3
The Corpse on the Dike
by Janwillem Van De Wetering
A recluse has been shot right between the eyes as he stood looking out of his bedroom window. His neighbor, a schoolteacher who is a pistol shot champion, admits she discovered the body and failed to report it. Is she really guilty of murder?
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The Ravencliff Bride
by Dawn Thompson
As the coach flew up the Cornish coast, Sara saw the end of her journey: Ravencliff Manor. She was now its Baroness. But what sort of man would rescue her from debtors prison by marriage, sight unseen, by proxy? Obviously, a wretch - the same sort of man who kept the curtains drawn and his house in a state of gloomy disrepair. The same sort of man who let a strange, wolf-like creature roam his grounds as if it... (more)

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