Councilor, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Councilor, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
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Councilor
A Novel in the Grand Illusion

Author: L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Narrator: Michael Bower

Unabridged: 22 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/09/2022

Synopsis

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, continues his brand new, gaslamp, political fantasy series with Councilor, the thrilling sequel to Isolate. Welcome to the Grand Illusion.

Continued poor harvests and steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers.

Against this rising tide of social unrest, Steffan Dekkard, newly appointed to the Council of Sixty-Six, is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths.

This makes him dangerous.

As unknown entities seek to assassinate him, Dekkard struggles to master political intrigue and infighting, while introducing radical reforms that threaten entrenched political and corporate interests.

The Grand Illusion
Isolate
Councilor

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

About L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is the bestselling author of the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce, Corean Chronicles, and the Imager Portfolio. His science fiction includes Adiamante, the Ecolitan novels, the Forever Hero Trilogy, and Archform: Beauty. Besides a writer, Modesitt has been a U.S. Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant and staff director for a U.S. Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chloe on July 19, 2022

This book is bureaucratically banal. When the blurb says, "political," it's being truthful. When the blurb says, "thrilling," it is lying. In this book, Dekkard (a newlywed) has just been forced into being a senator. In this position, he must attend meetings and prepare legal documents. At home, he......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on May 06, 2022

Councilor, the follow-up to last year's top novel Isolate ([URL not allowed]) was arguably the most expected book of the year for me and it delivered everything I wanted and more. Starting where Isolate ends and finishing at a good TBC point, Councillor continues the combinatio......more

Goodreads review by Yev on August 21, 2022

I can't possibly recommend reading this book unless you enjoyed the first and are predisposed to enjoying this sort of narrative. These are definitely for a niche interest. There's almost certainly nothing else that I've read that's simultaneously so banal and dull, yet intriguing and interesting. T......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on July 04, 2023

[Strong 3½.] In the perilous world of politics, winning elections is only the first step. And winning doesn’t guarantee that change will come easily, or at all, as those who are used to wielding power are not exactly eager to relinquish it. This is the reality faced by the characters in Councilor, L......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on August 21, 2022

Love the world and the characters but the book is just to slow moving. Lots of repetition when showing the day to day lives although you do get lots of important small details. Once i go the rhythm of the book it went by fairly quickly. Still recommend it but know what you are getting in. Cheers.......more

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