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Imager's Battalion
- Imager Portfolio, Book 6
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The sequel to The New York Times best-selling Princeps follows magical hero Quaeryt as he leads history's first Imager fighting force into war. Given the rank of subcommander by his wife's brother, Lord Bhayar, the ruler of Telaryn, Quaeryt joins an invading army into the hostile land of Bovaria, in retaliation for Bovaria's attempted annexation of Telaryn. But Quaeryt has his own agenda in doing Bhayar's bidding: to legitimize Imagers in the hearts and minds of all men, by demonstrating their value as heroes as he leads his battalion into one costly battle after another.
Making matters worse, court intrigues pursue Quaeryt even to the front lines of the conflict, as the Imager's enemies continue to plot against him.
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- 02-23-14
More of the same
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. offers up another volume in the Imager Portfolio that differs little from its predecessor. As Bhayar’s forces invade Bovaria Quaeryt is now a subcommander but little else has changed. Quaeryt still reads about Rholan and gives sermons to the troops, he still figures out new ways for imagers to safely use and grow their abilities, and he still exchanges letters with Vaelora.
So there really isn’t much new to review here. If you have been enjoying the Imager Portfolio since the switch to Quaeryt as the main character then you should dive right in because this is more of the same. If like me, you preferred Rhennthyl as the main character, then this book is another step in a storyline that remains just a little too bland. It continues to keep me interested but I never get excited about it.
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- breckoz
- 05-30-13
Still Around? You Should Like This One Well Enough
In book 4, Scholar, we were introduced to Quaeryt, in the beginning of this prequel for the Imagers series, where he learns to become a master imager. In book 5, Princeps, we got to see Quaeryt function as a governor as he delved into the intricacies of politics and problems that arise from corrupt government. Now in book 6, Imager's Battalion, we get a continuation of adventures involving Quaeryt as he goes on a military march to Bovaria as a sub commander to destroy some evil ruler. We have established that our protagonist is a strong leader and the best imager around and now we get to see him training others. He commits to this military campaign in order to secure a need and better standing for imagers in his land. We explore what it might take for this to happen and can make connections to what creates the rules in which imagers must live by in the future.
What made this a 3 star instead of a higher rating for me was the constant second guessing, moaning, justification, and false modesty Quaeryt would go through in his campaign of carnage. We also get more preaching about naming. This isn't exactly something new and such themes repeat through the other two previous books. The narration isn't stellar either. I wish William Dufris would cut out his injured voice. The characters sound similar as well. I didn't think he was the best narrator for the first three books and I would have preferred for this new set of characters to have someone else.
Anyhow, we get a book 7, Antiagon Fire, which just came out recently. We have a decent conclusion to events in this book, but there are many things that still need to happen to secure a future for imagers. I'm a little sad because I hoped this would end as a trilogy so L. E. Modesitt might be able to focus on a future story line involving imagers instead of this prequel business. Should there be more prequels written than the main trilogy that started Imagers? On the other hand, I am impressed on the speed that L. E. Modesitt is releasing these books.
I may be a little critical here, but I do enjoy this series enough that I spend my credits on them.
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- Benjamin
- 06-26-15
Really good read
Great narrator and a good story. It is a must to start at the beginning of the portfolio.
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- Robert
- 06-24-13
Great Character, great World, great Story but the
Even after 5 books in the series, I read through book 6 in record time. very entertaining, very enjoyable and builds well on existing characters, story line and the general story world.
You are part of the lives of the main characters and you can relate to the decisions made and reason for courses of action; brilliant.
The only disappointment is the American Cliff Hanger Ending, where the hero... well let's not give it away. So far though the author has 'rounded off' their story with a final chapter after the highlight of the story which showed how our hero's went on from there and made me look forward to the next book. With this book there has been a departure from the rounding off and after the big final scene, the book kinda ends with a implied 'more to come next season'.
I personally really dislike this. Eventually, every series has to end and finishing a book without a proper finish and an implication what may be next leaves me cold and not really looking forward to the next book.
I will get the next book but .....
Still, all said and done, the Imager Series is brilliant and worth reading and re-listening. Maybe, it will be made into a Movie some time, it would be worth while!
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- Coral
- 05-30-13
Seeming Endless Battle
This is the 3rd about Quaeryt; It picks up directly where Princeps left him. Being familiar with the Modesitt habit of this I re-read Scholar and Princeps before hearing Battalion. I would suggest this to anyone working on this books.
While I enjoy the Battalion I found it rather dragged on. The theme and the settings seemed all so similar and Quaeryt himself seemed to move very little. Modesitt ability to write a battle scene seem to lack energy after a while; despite William Dufris attempts to inject energy. It almost felt like Dufris himself was rushing and tripping over many of the descriptions in an attempt to get past them to get to the meat of the battle.
The new side characters seem very thin and more bit players rather than the important I felt they should have developed. While they don't do much one feels that as a Quaeryt direct command that there should been more too them. They also seemling have so little impact on Quaeryt that they are just a liability and not an assent.
Then there is Vaelora. Or rather she too seems to be more a cameo than a regular even in letter. I wishes most the book that Moddesit would give us a flash side ways to Vaelora.
In many way I would this book to be more preachy with less cause then the other Imager books. It does for the die-hard fan given some valuable background to the Unnamer. In many ways I felt Moddesitt could improve the book markedly by a more heavely parallel between Rollon and Quaeryt.
I think personally this is the weakest of the Imager books and possible would have make a better short novel then a full book. Given that, though it's much better then many many other books you might buy.
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- dh57
- 09-05-23
Anticlimax
I liked this book as I've liked all the books and imager series. it just seems like the ending was a bit of an anti-climax after all the buildup.
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- Timothy C. Clay
- 07-07-21
Great another wonderful story
I love the characters and the store line. The world created is so intriguing and alive. I also like the narrater and the way he reads and does the voices giving true feelings to each character. Thank you for giving us this set of book to enjoy.
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- Nick Damato
- 07-11-17
Very much a "middle" book in a series.
A fast-paced, military campaign procedural. The story opens about a year after book 1, as the protagonist is embarking on an invasion of Bovaria and ends abrubtly after the last battle. Along the way, Quaeryt does a lot of thinking about the future of Imagers in Lydar, while mastering the art of a battle tactician.
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- Jody Rushton
- 12-12-16
well done
wow a. that was amazing. a little more explanation as to what happened to the enemy at the end, but other than that it was perfection. loved it!!!
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- Charles Morris
- 08-08-16
The imagers are kicking ass.
The imagers are finally coming into thier own. Great story, from a great author. Can't wait for the next installment.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-07-13
A great listen
A great book. A brilliant narrative. He created a atmospheric world with a strong set of rules, and relgion in his imager portfolio series. With it's own time units day names and numbers. This book is set in a time of war. Responding to an invasion attempt in the previous book. Ower main carractors lead a counter invasion in response. To end the threat of the Rex.
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- Neil
- 04-07-13
Slow but ok
It's an enjoyable listen, but sadly not to the standard of his usual work, a lot of the time I spent hoping something would happen and when we finally get to a climactic battle it's over in a few pages leaving you very disappointed. I feel like this was a novel to set the stage for what's to come, but falls flat on its own merits, hopefully the pay off will come with the next book
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- Nick
- 02-28-13
Not to the standard of Princeps unfortunately.
Likely falls somewhere closer to 3.5 however rounding up to four stars would have a misleading impression IMO. Vaelora's involvement was similar to that in Scholar which was disappointing. The interaction between her and Quaeryt previously seen in Princeps was absent, its role in bringing some diversity to the plot removed. It was symptomatic of a more constrained nature to the story and carried a sense one hopes that Imager's Battalion was building to something more dynamic in Antiagon Fire. The internal politics of the military and intrigue centred around Quaeryt was too one-way, in the past our warrior imager would at least have done some digging [perhaps explored other aspects to his abilities at the same time]. And as for the ending, well it was a bit abrupt, i'd ditch a few chapters in the middle in favour of making that less so. IB is a long march to battle with periodic interludes and skirmishes along the way, its importance to be felt when reading the next novel in the series i suspect.
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Although Rhennthyl is the son of a leading wool merchant in L'Excelsis, the capital of Solidar, the most powerful nation on Terahnar, he has spent years becoming a journeyman artist and is skilled and diligent enough to be considered for the status of master artisan - in another two years. Then, in a single moment, his entire life is transformed when his master patron is killed in a flash fire and Rhenn discovers he is an imager.
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I didn't love it
- By Timorell on 11-02-10
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The Ecolitan Operation
- Ecolitan Matter Series, Book 1
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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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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the power (and problems )of galactic politics
- By Margie on 05-10-21
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The Parafaith War
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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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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I started hating this book from the beginning.
- By D. Lockwood on 02-21-19
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Adiamante
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Adiamante is a very fascinating story.
- By Steve Nicholas on 07-10-18
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The Hammer of Darkness
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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After finding out that he has unusual powers, he is banished from the planet Karnak. Thrust into the tranquil world of Aurore, vacation paradise for the galaxy, Martin finds that the reality of this planet is much different from its serene veneer. The gods are wantonly cruel and indifferent to the chaos they cause: Are they really gods or just men and women with larger-than-life powers? Whatever the answer, Martin Martel must challenge their supremacy to defend his life, love, and the fate of the galaxy.
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Absolutely horrible
- By CY on 01-18-17
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The Magic of Recluce
- Saga of Recluce, Book 1
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Epic Fantasy
- By Captain Skurvy on 07-04-13
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Imager
- The First Book of the Imager Portfolio
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Although Rhennthyl is the son of a leading wool merchant in L'Excelsis, the capital of Solidar, the most powerful nation on Terahnar, he has spent years becoming a journeyman artist and is skilled and diligent enough to be considered for the status of master artisan - in another two years. Then, in a single moment, his entire life is transformed when his master patron is killed in a flash fire and Rhenn discovers he is an imager.
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I didn't love it
- By Timorell on 11-02-10
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The Ecolitan Operation
- Ecolitan Matter Series, Book 1
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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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the power (and problems )of galactic politics
- By Margie on 05-10-21
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The Parafaith War
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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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I started hating this book from the beginning.
- By D. Lockwood on 02-21-19
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Adiamante
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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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Adiamante is a very fascinating story.
- By Steve Nicholas on 07-10-18
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The Hammer of Darkness
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
After finding out that he has unusual powers, he is banished from the planet Karnak. Thrust into the tranquil world of Aurore, vacation paradise for the galaxy, Martin finds that the reality of this planet is much different from its serene veneer. The gods are wantonly cruel and indifferent to the chaos they cause: Are they really gods or just men and women with larger-than-life powers? Whatever the answer, Martin Martel must challenge their supremacy to defend his life, love, and the fate of the galaxy.
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Absolutely horrible
- By CY on 01-18-17
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The Magic of Recluce
- Saga of Recluce, Book 1
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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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Epic Fantasy
- By Captain Skurvy on 07-04-13
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Dawn for a Distant Earth
- Forever Hero Series #1
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Early work, but really good Modesitt, Jr book
- By Eric G. Peters on 10-23-15
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The Soprano Sorceress
- Spellsong Cycle, Book 1
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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When Anna Marshall is transported from her boring and frustrating life in Ames, Iowa, to the very different world of Erde, she's angry and confused. But she soon finds out that for the first time in her life she's uniquely powerful. In Iowa, Anna was a music teacher and small-time opera singer, but on Erde, her musical ability makes her a big-time sorceress-potentially. First, though, she must figure out how to use her ability before the rulers kill her.
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Good story, glaring pronunciation errors by the re
- By Dallas Wright on 03-12-15
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The Timegod
- Timegod's World, Book 1
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Don't read that blurb up there
- By Sean Dustman on 10-29-21
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Gravity Dreams
- By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In Earth's dist