The Order War (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
The Saga of Recluce 4

This is, by any definition, a wonderful series that is set up in a way to define and redefine the conflicts of magic between Order and Chaos. It probably would not be remotely as interesting a read had it been written in a strictly chronological order, however. If these had been released in chronolo......more

This is book 4 of the Saga of Recluce. The internal chronology of the series looks to be pretty whacked, since this is apparently ranked as book 9, with the first published book (Magic of Recluce) ranked as book 10, according to some. Anyway, confusion aside, the book works perfectly well as a stand......more

This is the 4th book in published order, the way Modesitt likes people to read this series. Chronologically, it is very directly linked to the first book & answers a LOT of questions, even though it happens about 200 years earlier. The hero of the "Magic of Recluse" (2d book) is Lerris & he meets a......more

9/10 An excellent installment in the Recluce series. Romance, magic, subterfuge, war, characters that were not quite as stubbornly naive or dense as in some of the other books.......more

In some ways this is an excellent piece of the Recluce saga. It really fills in a lot that is just hinted at in the first book published, The Magic of Recluce, so great for advancing the story. It also sets the stage very well for those books later in the chronology, even though they were written fi......more