Series: Corean Chronicles
by Author L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Scepters (2005)
Scepters was a decent end to the first trilogy of Corean books, closing off Alucius and Wendra's story, but while I liked the overall story, I also felt that this book had just too much going on. Modesitt had at least two books worth of plot points crammed into a little over 600 pages, and frankl...
Cadmian's Choice (2007)
In this second book of the prequel trilogy, we continue to follow the dual stories of Dainyl, the alector near the top of the military command, and Mykel, now in command of a battalion of mounted rifles. As in the earlier book, both are admonished by the mysterious "ancients" to develop their ow...
Darknesses (2004)
Darkness by L.E. Modesitt, jrThis is book two of the Corean Chronicles. A new world and new protagonists that are separate from the world of Recluce. This world is locked in war between states that are mere shreds of a more pervasive and powerful defunct nation state. This book provides more i...
Legacies (2003)
My sister told me if I was looking for a Codex Alera fix, I'd find it with this. 'It's even better than Alera,' she said.I'm amazed I finally finished it - it's one of those books that even after you've been reading it for days, you don't seem to have got any further.The first 3/4 of the book are...
Lady-Protector (2011)
The second story focused on Mykella (the first being Lord-Protector's Daughter). The previous book on her seemed to be the same Modesitt formula of learning about your powers and needing them as fast as you can develop them, 'or else', but from a female point of view. This book goes in a bit of a...
The Lord-Protector's Daughter (2008)
This was one of the most boring reads ever I must confess. Don't get me wrong: this book has its merits: It's nicely written and the characters and setting are intriguing. The story itself however drags endlessly, not only because there's too much telling instead of showing, but also too much sho...