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This is the first story collection ever from best-selling fantasy and science-fiction writer L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Modesitt began publishing short fiction in the SF magazines in the 1970s, and this collection includes a selection of stories from the whole of his career. Some of the early stories are kernels for his early SF novels, others display the wide range of his talents and interests, from satire to military adventure.
This book also contains three new Modesitt stories: "Black Ordermage", set in Modesitt's best-selling Recluce series; "Beyond the Obvious Wind", set in his Corean Chronicles universe; and "Always Outside the Lines", which is related to the Ghost of Columbia books. Viewpoints Critical is an excellent introduction to the work of one of the major SF and fantasy writers publishing today.
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The Timegod
- Timegod's World, Book 1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Who controls reality? And how? Ask the timedivers who ride the paths of time, manipulate cultures, lift and cast down civilizations in their corner of the galaxy. They are the Temporal Guard at Quest, the single city of the Immortals of Query, that hidden planet circling a very ordinary yellow sun in a very ordinary galaxy. This is the story of the timediver Loki, and of the unending war for control of reality in that galaxy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't read that blurb up there
- De Sean Dustman en 10-29-21
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The Octagonal Raven
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 16 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Born to privilege, with preselected genetic advantages and the best nanotech augmentation his father's fabulous money can buy, Daryn spurned the lucrative family Media Network to seek his own path, a crafty raven among soaring eagles. After serving with distinction as a space pilot in the military, he enjoys success as a media consultant. But when he finds himself the target of sophisticated murder attempts, his world is turned upside down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of my favorites! author and story
- De Franklin F. en 05-23-21
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The Elysium Commission
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
A brilliant scientist on the planet Devanta has created a small universe contiguous to ours - and a utopian city on one of the planets. The question becomes, though, an utopia for whom? And why is a shady entertainment mogul subsidizing the scientist? More critical than that, does this new universe require the destruction of a portion - or all - of our universe in order to grow and stabilize?
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3 out of 5 stars
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its hard to create a future world and a mystery
- De Adam en 07-18-23
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Archform: Beauty
- Archform: Beauty Series, Book 1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: BJ Harrison, Tina Wolstencroft
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Four centuries in the future, the world is rich—nanomachines watch the health of the wealthy and manufacture food and gadgets for everybody—but no utopia, as we see in the lives of five very different people: a singing teacher, a news researcher, a police investigator, a politician, and a ruthless businessman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Convoluted even for Modesitt
- De Ivan Stojic en 10-04-24
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Of Tangible Ghosts
- Ghost Trilogy Series, Book 1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Tim Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
When two real ghosts and the records of a murdered researcher enter the life of Johan Eschbach, the former spy and present professor finds himself caught with the secret of high technology de-ghosting, and the whole world, including his former spymasters, try to turn Johan himself into another ghost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All the trappings of good book
- De Hikinggirl en 04-14-25
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Empress of Eternity
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Daniel Thomas May
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
In the far future, an indestructible and massive canal more than 2,000 miles long spans the mid-continent of Earth. Nothing can mar it, move it, or affect it in any fashion. At its western end, where it meets the sea, is an equally indestructible structure comprising three levels of seemingly empty chambers. Scientists from three different civilizations, separated in time by hundreds of thousands of years, are investigating the canal. In the most distant of these civilizations, religious rebellion is brewing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It took a while to get there, but worth it.
- De KR en 04-10-21
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The Timegod
- Timegod's World, Book 1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Who controls reality? And how? Ask the timedivers who ride the paths of time, manipulate cultures, lift and cast down civilizations in their corner of the galaxy. They are the Temporal Guard at Quest, the single city of the Immortals of Query, that hidden planet circling a very ordinary yellow sun in a very ordinary galaxy. This is the story of the timediver Loki, and of the unending war for control of reality in that galaxy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't read that blurb up there
- De Sean Dustman en 10-29-21
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The Octagonal Raven
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 16 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Born to privilege, with preselected genetic advantages and the best nanotech augmentation his father's fabulous money can buy, Daryn spurned the lucrative family Media Network to seek his own path, a crafty raven among soaring eagles. After serving with distinction as a space pilot in the military, he enjoys success as a media consultant. But when he finds himself the target of sophisticated murder attempts, his world is turned upside down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of my favorites! author and story
- De Franklin F. en 05-23-21
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The Elysium Commission
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 11 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
A brilliant scientist on the planet Devanta has created a small universe contiguous to ours - and a utopian city on one of the planets. The question becomes, though, an utopia for whom? And why is a shady entertainment mogul subsidizing the scientist? More critical than that, does this new universe require the destruction of a portion - or all - of our universe in order to grow and stabilize?
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3 out of 5 stars
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its hard to create a future world and a mystery
- De Adam en 07-18-23
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Archform: Beauty
- Archform: Beauty Series, Book 1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: BJ Harrison, Tina Wolstencroft
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Four centuries in the future, the world is rich—nanomachines watch the health of the wealthy and manufacture food and gadgets for everybody—but no utopia, as we see in the lives of five very different people: a singing teacher, a news researcher, a police investigator, a politician, and a ruthless businessman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Convoluted even for Modesitt
- De Ivan Stojic en 10-04-24
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Of Tangible Ghosts
- Ghost Trilogy Series, Book 1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Tim Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
When two real ghosts and the records of a murdered researcher enter the life of Johan Eschbach, the former spy and present professor finds himself caught with the secret of high technology de-ghosting, and the whole world, including his former spymasters, try to turn Johan himself into another ghost.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All the trappings of good book
- De Hikinggirl en 04-14-25
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Empress of Eternity
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Daniel Thomas May
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
In the far future, an indestructible and massive canal more than 2,000 miles long spans the mid-continent of Earth. Nothing can mar it, move it, or affect it in any fashion. At its western end, where it meets the sea, is an equally indestructible structure comprising three levels of seemingly empty chambers. Scientists from three different civilizations, separated in time by hundreds of thousands of years, are investigating the canal. In the most distant of these civilizations, religious rebellion is brewing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It took a while to get there, but worth it.
- De KR en 04-10-21
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The Parafaith War
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 16 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
In the far future among the colonized worlds of the galaxy, there's a war going on between the majority of civilized worlds and a colonial theocracy. Trystin Desoll grows up fighting against religious fanatics and becomes a hero, a first-class pilot, then, amazingly, a spy. What do you do if you're a relatively humane soldier fighting millions of suicidal volunteers on the other side who know that they are utterly right, and you are utterly wrong, with no middle ground? Trystin Desoll has an idea.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I started hating this book from the beginning.
- De D. Lockwood en 02-21-19
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Isolate
- A Novel in the Grand Illusion
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Michael Bower
- Duración: 25 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist, and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath, are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party. When a respected Landor Councilor dies of “heart failure” at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Who the hell is speaking?
- De Patrick en 11-18-21
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Legacies
- Corean Chronicles, Book 1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Kyle McCarley
- Duración: 20 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 495
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 443
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 444
Millennia ago, a magical disaster caused the fall of a great worldwide civilization, the end of a golden age. New civilizations have fought their way up from the ancient destruction and chaos, knowing little of the lost world that preceded them or the details of its fall.C orus today is a world of contending countries, of humans, but also of strange animals and supernatural creatures. It is a place of magical powers and of a few people who are talented enough to use them. Alusius, the hero of the story, is one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Legacies Corean Chronicles
- De breckoz en 10-08-14
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The Ecolitan Operation
- Ecolitan Matter Series, Book 1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Major Jimjoy Earle Wright, secret agent of the Empire, is intelligent and highly trained. But he succeeds all too well in overthrowing a military dictatorship - and the result is a new government inimical to the Empire and disgrace for Jimjoy. After surviving two assassination attempts, Jimjoy realizes that it's his own imperial superiors who want him dead; that, in fact, his worst enemies could become his best friends. He fights his way to safety on the planet Accord, where the Ecolitan Institute wins his loyalty and changes his identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the power (and problems )of galactic politics
- De Margie en 05-10-21
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Dawn for a Distant Earth
- Forever Hero Series #1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Kyle McCarley
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 202
Thousands of years in the future, Earth is a desolate ruin. The first human ship to return in millennia discovers an abandoned wasteland inhabited by only a few degenerate or mutated human outcasts. But among them is a boy of immense native intelligence and determination who grows up to become the force behind a plan to make Earth flower again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Early work, but really good Modesitt, Jr book
- De Eric G. Peters en 10-23-15
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Haze
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 97
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72
What lies beneath the millions of orbiting nanotech satellites that shroud the world called Haze? Major Keir Roget's mission is to make planetfall in secret, find out, and report back to his superiors in the Federation, the Chinese-dominated government that rules Earth and the colonized planets. For all his effectiveness as a security agent, Roget is troubled by memories of an earlier mission.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story
- De Shiidon Hawley en 04-18-15
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Adiamante
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Earth, the peaceful capital of a long-fallen interstellar empire, is confronted by deadly violence when the warships of a former colony attack, and it is up to planetary coordinator Ecktor deJanes to eliminate the menace without violating Earth's non-aggression principles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Adiamante is a very fascinating story.
- De Steve Nicholas en 07-10-18
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The One-Eyed Man
- A Fugue, with Winds and Accompaniment
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
The colony world of Stittara is no ordinary planet. For the interstellar Unity of the Ceylesian Arm, Stittara is the primary source of anagathics: drugs that have more than doubled the human life span. But the ecological balance that makes anagathics possible on Stittara is fragile, and the Unity government has a vital interest in making sure the flow of longevity drugs remains uninterrupted, even if it means uprooting the human settlements.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Modesitt lover BUT
- De hhspitzer en 05-29-14
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The Magic of Recluce
- Saga of Recluce, Book 1
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 19 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,337
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2,105
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,127
Young Lerris is dissatisfied with his life and trade, and yearns to find a place in the world better suited to his skills and temperament. But in Recluce a change in circumstances means taking one of two options: permanent exile from Recluce or braving the dangergeld, a complex, rule-laden wanderjahr in the lands beyond Recluce, with the aim of learning how the world works and what his place in it might be. Many do not survive. Lerris chooses the dangergeld.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Epic Fantasy
- De Captain Skurvy en 07-04-13
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Gravity Dreams
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In Earth's distant future, Tyndel is both teacher and mentor, a staunch devotee to his conservative and rigidly structured religious culture. Then a rogue infection of nanotechnology transforms him into a "demon", something more than human, and he is forced into exile, fleeing to the more technologically advanced space-faring civilization that lies to the north, one that his own righteous people consider evil. Although shaken by his transformation, he has the rare talent required to become a space pilot.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Introspective sci-fi nano tech
- De Matthew en 08-24-18
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The Eternity Artifact
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer, Cindy Kay
- Duración: 13 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Five thousand years in the future, humankind has spread across thousands of worlds, and more than a dozen different governments exist in an uneasy truce. But human beings have found no signs of other life anywhere approaching human intelligence. This changes when scientists discover a sunless planet they name Danann, traveling the void just beyond the edge of the galaxy at such a high speed that it cannot be natural. Its continents and oceans have been sculpted and shaped, with but a single megaplex upon it - close to perfectly preserved.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent story, mediocre narration
- De Ira Elton Eure en 05-31-24
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Quantum Shadows
- De: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 31
On a world called Heaven, the 10 major religions of mankind each have its own land governed by a capital city and ruled by a Hegemon. That Hegemon may be a god, or a prophet of a god. Smaller religions have their own towns or villages of belief. Corvyn, known as the Shadow of the Raven, contains the collective memory of humanity’s Falls from Grace. With this knowledge comes enormous power. When unknown power burns a mysterious black image into the holy place of each House of the Decalivre, Corvyn must discover what entity could possibly have that much power.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The least Modesitt book
- De 1stnlst en 07-28-20