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    The Magic Engineer
    The Magic Engineer
    The Magic Engineer
    Audiobook24 hours

    The Magic Engineer

    Written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

    Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

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    About this audiobook

    The chronicles of the magical island of Recluce continue as young Dorrin, fascinated by forbidden science, goes into exile in the lands of Chaos, where he unwillingly invents devices of war to save his land from the evil Chaos wizards.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 11, 2013
    ISBN9781452686790
    The Magic Engineer
    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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    • 4/5
      The Magic Engineer is also high up on my list of favorites in this series. It's particularly crafting-focused, as the title implies, and while occasionally my eyes glaze over at the detailed descriptions of blacksmithing, I enjoy the relatively sedate pace of the book and the main character's modest goals.

      It's particularly interesting to read it back-to-back with Colors of White - both in how they match up and in how they differ. In particular the fact that CoW reveals that the true enemy is not who the "good guys" think it is is not all that well-supported - in fact it's pretty clearly a retcon - but it's also not contradicted.
    • 4/5
       Good, but the first volume is the best.
    • 3/5
      Chapters cut at the end. Please fix if possible. Otherwise very enjoyable

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