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The Chaos Balance
The Chaos Balance
The Chaos Balance
Audiobook22 hours

The Chaos Balance

Written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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In Fall of Angels, the sixth installment of the Saga of Recluce series, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., introduced the engineer/smith Nylan, the only man among the leadership of the company of "angels" marooned on a high plateau in the west of Candar, and perhaps the one person most responsible for their survival. But the angels are a matriarchal band, and so Nylan must leave his companions and seek a life elsewhere. He travels down from the plateau into the world of warring kingdoms and strange magics with his companion, Ayrlyn, the healer, and his infant son. They are in search of a place to lead a peaceful life, but they look different from the locals, and their talents are most valued in battle-and so the war between chaos and order begins again.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 11, 2014
ISBN9781452686837
The Chaos Balance
Author

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.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    An epic worthy of Homer. You may wish to read the previous book first
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I really want to like this more than I do. The characters are fine - a couple with a kid, for a change - and the adventuring is reasonably epic, but it really never comes together for me. I'd be much more interested in what happens immediately after this (which we get, to some extent, in Arms-Commander, but the real founding of Naclos is the part that's missing here.)

    It is interesting to see the degenerate descendants of Cyador, given that those books are among my very favorites, but they're reduced to cackling villains a little too much to be really compelling. And everyone else is just doomed.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book felt a bit strained, as if the author needed to tell this story, but really didn't know what to do with it. The characters go to a lot of trouble that seems like it could have been avoided somehow. This one follows the now familiar pattern of a Black Wizard that develops unbeatable powers, but only after taking a beating learning.