The Magic of Recluce

by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Book Overview

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic of Recluce begins his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one of the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.

Young Lerris yearns to find a place in the world better suited to his skills and temperament. In Recluce this means taking one of two options: permanent exile from Recluce or the dangergeld, a complex, rule-laden wanderjahr in the lands beyond. Many do not survive.

Lerris...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812505182
• ISBN13: 9780812505184
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 501 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.7" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Awesome Book series

I have been reading this book series for years. I saw a guy in Firestone getting his oil changed and saw the cover. Asked him about it and bought my copy the same day. I love the story. I read a lot of fantasy David Edding is another personal favorite. Great read from cover to cover.

So good I had to buy it 3 times!

ARE YOU PEOPLE KIDDING? This book is definitly NOT boring...Modesett writes such a good yarn, it is so human- it seems so well, real sometimes, I have read probably every fantasy author out there and Modesett is one of the few who does not tell a soap opera or write mostly trashy fun novels (which I enjoy too...but this is diffrent!), I actually got somthing out of this book about life...if you are not into fantasy and never have been this is a great read, if you are then this shows you how good fantasy can be...So now you are wondering why I bought it 3 times right? Well originally I borrowed it from a mentor of mine who recomended it loved it and didnt want to give it back to her....well I kept it for 6 months and badly abused it so I bought her a new copy....then a year or so later I lost my dog eared copy and couldnt live without it so...I bought another copy. Then I loaned it to my friend and she wont give it back so, you guessed it I now have another very abused, very loved copy of the book....Guys just trust me on this one- I dont care who you are this book is for you.

Coming of Age for the hero and the reader

This is one of those books you read and immediately run out for for its sequel. The sequel is good, but not nearly the book that The Magic of Recluce is. I have had this book near my bedside table for at least 6 years. I can pick it up and flip it open to any section and find entertaining, thought provoking prose that truly leads you to personal growth. It is a must-read for adolescents. Lerris is far from an every-man and yet who cannot understand the feeling that every adult is in on a Secret that they will not share? Who does not understand what it is to feel like an outsider everywhere, but most of all at home? Thrown out of his home for reasons determined before he was ever born; told that if he would only change who he is he could stay, Lerris must go to a place unlike anything he's experienced in his short life. We follow him and his fellow exiles through civil war, personal struggle, and the throes of young love. I like best that the story is in the first person -truly. Lerris practices self-deception and so the reader must read between the lines and decipher for herself, or himself what the truth of his narration is. I cannot say enough good things about this book. I freely recommend it to men and women and teenagers equally. You will enjoy it. The hometown boy makes good, but satisfyingly realizes that you can't ever go home again.

A Literary Masterpiece

Modesitt has done a superb job with this series. All the books keep getting better and better. This book is told from the point of view of a man named Lerris. Lerris used to live on the Island of Recluce. An island steeped in order and not tolerant to those who are not happy with the circumstances they live in. The ruling council instead banishs all who are unhappy or are trouble makers. Thus the Dangergeld. This is a course that instructs all who will be banished in the arts of self defense and the history of the land they will be sent to. Lerris, being bored with how life is going is forced to take the Dangergeld. From there he is whisked away into problem after problem that makes this book a must read. If you haven't read this book, go out and get because you'll kick yourself if you don't.

fine, fine book

I'll make this simple... I love the Wheel of Time series, but couldn't even get through the first book of the simple-minded Sword of Truth series. I've just finished reading the second book (published) of the Recluce series "Towers of the Sunset" and I must say this is an excellent series. BE WARNED: Read these books in the published order, but realize they do not follow an ongoing timeline of chronology. Example: book "one"-Magic of Recluce, takes place in that world's year 1850, whilst book "two"-Towers of Sunset, takes place years earlier in the year 900, and the whole series jumps around like that. I feel you should try to read them in the published order, because it all starts to come together in a "Pulp Fiction" kinda way... Hope this helps!

A great book, but I advise reading them in chrono. order

This is a great series, with captivating characters, I believe that there might be a little too much violence and some people might squirm with this.I believe that you, the reader should read the fall of angels first then the chaos balance, then towers of sunset, then Magic Engineer(sorry but this might help you figure stuff out) then the Order War, and then the Magic of Recluse. I really enjoy this author's novels, and I am an avid reader of fantasy/sf I recommend this to all.