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Summary: one of the best !
Review: 2 part series consisting of White Order and "Colors of Chaos". These "Recluse series" books are sheer joy to read and Colors maybe Modesitts best work to date. Yes its true the book is written from the opposite perspective of "Magic Engineer", even if your read Magic' you will enjoy this one.
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Summary: one of the best !
Review: 2 part series consisting of White Order and "Colors of Chaos". These "Recluse series" books are sheer joy to read and Colors maybe Modesitts best work to date. Yes its true the book is written from the opposite perspective of "Magic Engineer", even if your read Magic' you will enjoy this one.
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Summary: Decent
Review: A fair work. There are worse books, there are better books. This one like others in series is event-oriented, it lacks depth of character experience. Still, if you like his stuff you'll like this.
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Summary: Decent
Review: A fair work. There are worse books, there are better books. This one like others in series is event-oriented, it lacks depth of character experience. Still, if you like his stuff you'll like this.
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Summary: Much more interesting than I expected!
Review: I debated reading this book, as it essentially repeated (from another viewpoint, of course) many of the same incidents as described in "The Magic Engineer". However, there was a lot of careful thought put into this by Modesitt, and a much better realization of the similarities between Order and Chaos, rather than just the differences. A much more sympathetic view of the White Order, and an excellent story of Cerryl's growth and development of the skills needed to become an effective High Wizard.
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Summary: Rerun
Review: It seems like very little was new in this book. We knew Dorrin was going to win and the relationship between Cerryl and Leyladin never was resolved. I am hoping for a follow up.
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Summary: Rerun
Review: It seems like very little was new in this book. We knew Dorrin was going to win and the relationship between Cerryl and Leyladin never was resolved. I am hoping for a follow up.
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Summary: definitely a pageturner....
Review: Just a decent story with very human characters! Enjoyed it greatly
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Summary: Absolutely great! The best so far!
Review: L.E. Modesitt's portrayals of the Guild in Fairhaven and the Black Order of Recluce from opposing viewpoints are probably my favorite feature of this series. This book tells an excellent story of a young White that is not out to destroy the blacks and his struggle to stay alive long enough to reach his potential. A great book that I would recommend to anyone!
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Summary: Confessions of a White Mage
Review: Modesitt is one of the best fantasy writers out there. He has the real knack of cementing his stories with the necessary details of life. His characters don't spend very much time fulfilling prophecies and being whisked willy-nilly through interdimensional portals, instead they stand guard duty and clean sewers and have to deal with the real problems of cleaning up a city after you've conquered it.Colors of Chaos covers a lot of the same ground as the Magic Engineer, only this time from the point of view of Cerryl the white mage (whose boyhood had been covered in The White Order). My primary problem with this retelling was that it's been a while since I read the Magic Engineer, so I didn't have the best recollection of all the scenes so instead of getting a nice dual perspective, I got a nagging sense of 'have I read this before?'. Also, this was a first time with a Modesitt book that I've ever had a sense of the book being a little bit too long in places. The ability of Modesitt to change the protagonists from black to white mages only highlights his ability to show both sides of a matter with balance and wisdom. Looking forward to the next.
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