Legacies

Name: Legacies
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
ISBN: 9781494575526

Author: L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Series: Corean Chronicles #1

Narrator: Kyle McCarley

Unabridged: 20 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/30/2014

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic

Synopsis

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.

Corus 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.

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 US Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant, and staff director for a US congressman, director of legislation and congressional relations for the US 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 Mike (the Paladin) on December 20, 2014

This one sort of "snuck up on me". I've liked most of the books I've read by L E Modesitt Jr. Years ago I read many of the Recluse series. After that I found the Soprano Sorceress series. The latest books I read by him were the Imager books. All good. Now I've had this one on my to be read shelf for......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 30, 2017

I last read this about a decade ago & didn't think it was quite as good as his Recluce series. I've changed my mind. I think it's every bit as good. He's got quite a complex world that he introduces here without fully explaining it. That comes later in the series, much as he did with Recluce althoug......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on December 07, 2017

I liked this considerably more on this reread than on first read some years ago - it is a "typical" LE Modesitt fantasy (coming of age, magical powers, overcoming challenges and enemies) with the usual realistic flavor (someone has to pay for things, logistics count a lot etc) that has been making h......more

Goodreads review by Brendan on January 15, 2010

Well written battle scenes and a fantasy setting that doesn't revolve around the standard fantasy cliches. Unfortunately those are the only things interesting about this book. The main character is perfect, never questions his judgment and never makes the wrong choice. This makes for a boring book.......more

Goodreads review by Rook on May 08, 2012

I'm embarrassed to say, I did enjoy reading this book, in the same way I enjoy sitting on the couch and eating ice cream while watching a crap television show. I hadn't let myself get lost in a poorly constructed, formulaic fantasy story in a while, and it was due. However: -An alternate title for th......more