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Madness in Solidar

Imager Portfolio, Book 9

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Madness in Solidar

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.

©2015 L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (P)2015 Tantor Military Fantasy Fiction Epic Epic Fantasy

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"Modesitt once again delivers an engrossing power struggle negotiated by a virtuous and talented man committed to achieving the greater good by way of the least harm." ( Kirkus)
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I would have thought by now this series would have become mundane and boring but much to my delight it's another great read/listen.

Another amazing book...can't wait for the next!

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this has been an excellent next chapter in the imager series. stories have ben connected between each book.

For all who want imaging to be fulfilled

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This was a surprising and fantastically adventurous addition to the Imager Portfolio. I’ve been reading this series and enjoying every moment for decades and I cannot say enough about LEM’s skill and imagination.

Thank you for another fantastic story!
Lucent

Wonderful Addition

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Good continuation of the imager world storyline if you liked the prior books. Performance is well done and adds to the story.

Well done

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A thought the plot was slow to take off but once we got to 40,000 feet it got better.

A little slow start but good in the end

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