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Imager

The First Book of the Imager Portfolio

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Imager

By: L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Narrated by: William Dufris
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 Although Rhennthyl is the son of a leading wool merchant in L'Excelsis, the capital of Solidar, the most powerful nation on Terahnar, he has spent years becoming a journeyman artist and is skilled and diligent enough to be considered for the status of master artisan - in another two years.

Then, in a single moment, his entire life is transformed when his master patron is killed in a flash fire and Rhenn discovers he is an imager - one of the few in the entire world of Terahnar who can visualize things and make them real.

Rhenn is forced to leave his family and join the Collegium of Imagisle. Because of their abilities (they can do accidental magic even while asleep), and because they are both feared and vulnerable, imagers must live separately from the rest of society.

In this new life, Rhenn discovers that all too many of the "truths" he knew were nothing of the sort. Every day brings a new threat to his life. He makes a powerful enemy while righting a wrong, and he begins to learn to do magic in secret.

Imager is the innovative and enchanting opening of an involving new fantasy story.

©2009 L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (P)2009 Tantor Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Feel-Good
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This is one of those stories where the MC gets into a college for supernatural gifted. The story has a lot of detail about his lessons and growing skill and wisdom. Thankfully, it only contains a small chunk of the "overcoming the school bullies" trope. the world is interesting, the use of their magic is interesting and the relationships are not too trope-ish, so it's quite satisfying. certainly, I'll be seeking the next book in the series.

Narrator is fine. Charactors are distinguishable, emotions are conveyed well (the narrator is a master of the "droll" delivery) and his voice is a good match for the MC.

education of a young gentleman

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This is one of the books by L.E Modesitt Jnr which I have re-read countless times. I would recommend this book for those who enjoy a slightly different type of fantasy. The author explores how magic interacts with politics and government through the eyes of a young man thrust in the midst of it. It's an engaging story, the politics are quite well written as the author spent some time working in politics. L.E Modesitt has his own style, I have found that some people enjoy it, some people don't but I encourage you to try this book. For those who have read his Recluce series, this book I find is similar to the ones he has written about the White Mages (Also my favourite Recluce Books!)

One of my Favourites

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It was very slow from the beginning but detailed world-building was fantastic to discover. Especially the cultural nuances was great. Characters were believable and interesting. Highly recommended…

Slow burn, detailed story

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I was disappointed in this book and really didn't enjoy it. Some of the core ideas were interesting but I just couldn't get into the story. There was little character development, so you didn't feel like you actually knew them and hence felt no empathy for them. There was very little description in the text (apart from the food and wine strangely!) and overly long dialog between characters. I found the writing particularly clunky.

The narration was OK but not great. I guess he did the best he could with the material.

I persisted with the story after reading some other reviews that said the last section was quite exciting. Unfortunately I didn't find it so and wish I hadn't wasted my time!

I won't be reading any more of the series. After just listening to Patrick Rothfuss's 'Name of the Wind' and 'The Wise Man's Fear' perhaps anything I listen to is going to be disappointing...

Disappointing

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