L. E. Modesitt Jr. bibliography

This is a complete list of works by American science fiction and fantasy author L. E. Modesitt Jr.

Series

Fantasy fiction series

The Saga of Recluce (internal chronological order)

Main article: The Saga of Recluce

• Magi'i of Cyador (2001)
• Scion of Cyador (2001)
• Fall of Angels (1996)
• The Chaos Balance (1997)
• Arms-Commander (2010)
• Cyador's Heirs (2014)
• Heritage of Cyador (2014)
• The Mongrel Mage (2017)
• Outcasts of Order (2018)
• The Mage-Fire War (2019)
• Fairhaven Rising (2021)
• The Towers of the Sunset (1992)
• The White Order (1998)
• The Magic Engineer (1994)
• Colors of Chaos (1999)
• Natural Ordermage (2007)
• Mage-Guard of Hamor (2008)
• The Order War (1995)
• Wellspring of Chaos (2004)
• Ordermaster (2005)
• The Magic of Recluce (1991)
• The Death of Chaos (1995)

Spellsong Cycle

Main article: Spellsong Cycle

Set in the world of Erde, where song has magical power – and exacts a terrible price

• The Soprano Sorceress (1997)
• The Spellsong War (1998)
• Darksong Rising (1999)
• The Shadow Sorceress (2001)
• Shadowsinger (2002)

The Corean Chronicles

Main article: The Corean Chronicles

Set on the world of Corus (or Acorus), where strange and dangerous beasts roam and people with magical Talent can perform astonishing feats

• Legacies (2002)
• Darknesses (2003)
• Scepters (2004)
• Alector's Choice (2005)
• Cadmian's Choice (2006)
• Soarer's Choice (2006)
• The Lord-Protector's Daughter (2008)
• Lady-Protector (2011)

The Imager Portfolio

Main article: The Imager Portfolio

The Imager Portfolio is set on the world of Terahnar, where a small number of people are imagers, who have the power to create objects through visualization; if uncontrolled, imaging can lead to the death of the imager.

• Imager (2009) ISBN 0-7653-2034-7
• Imager's Challenge (2009) ISBN 0-7653-2126-2
• Imager's Intrigue (2010) ISBN 0-7653-2562-4
• Scholar (2011) (New cast of characters, taking place, chronologically, before the first three books.) ISBN 978-0-7653-2955-4
• Princeps (2012) ISBN 978-0-7653-3095-6
• Imager’s Battalion (2013) ISBN 978-0-7653-3283-7
• Antiagon Fire (2013) ISBN 978-0765-33457-2
• Rex Regis (2014) ISBN 978-0765-33634-7
• Madness in Solidar (2015) ISBN 978-0765-37985-6 (First in a set that takes place some 380 years after the Wars of Consolidation.)
• Treachery’s Tools (2016) ISBN 978-0-7653-8540-6
• Assassin's Price (2017) ISBN 978-0-7653-9047-9
• Endgames (2019) ISBN 978-1-250-29364-0

Isolate

• Isolate [Tentative Title] (2021/2022)

Science fiction series

Timegod's World

Drawing on Norse legend, these books follow the story of the time-traveling Immortals of Query, and their two greatest heroes – who both save and doom their people

• The Fires of Paratime (1982)
• Timediver's Dawn (1992)
• The Timegod (1993) (republication of The Fires of Paratime)
• Timegod's World (2001) Omnibus.

The Forever Hero

In the far future, when Earth is a devastated ruin, an immortal is born, wishes one great wish, and takes on a great task

Main article: The Forever Hero

• Dawn for a Distant Earth (1987)
• The Silent Warrior (1987)
• In Endless Twilight (1988)
• The Forever Hero (2000) Omnibus, combines above three books

The Ecolitan Institute novels (internal chronological order)

• The Ecolitan Operation (1989)
• The Ecologic Secession (1990)
• Empire & Ecolitan (2001) Omnibus of the above.
• The Ecologic Envoy (1986)
• The Ecolitan Enigma (1997)
• Ecolitan Prime (2003) Omnibus of the above.

Ghost Novels

SF/spy stories, set in an alternate world

• Of Tangible Ghosts (1994)
• The Ghost of the Revelator (1998)
• Ghost of the White Nights (2001)
• Ghosts of Columbia (2005) Omnibus, combining Of Tangible Ghosts and The Ghost of the Revelator

Parafaith Universe

• The Parafaith War (1996)
• The Ethos Effect (2003)

Archform

• Archform: Beauty (2000), ISBN 978-0-7653-0433-9
• Flash (2004), ISBN 978-0-7653-1128-3

Non-Series science fiction

• The Hammer of Darkness (1985), ISBN 978-0-380-89798-8
• Adiamante (1996), ISBN 978-0-312-86021-9. Review
• Gravity Dreams (2000), ISBN 978-0-312-86826-0
• The Octagonal Raven (2001), ISBN 978-0-312-87720-0
• The Eternity Artifact (2005), ISBN 978-0-7653-1464-2
• The Elysium Commission (2007), ISBN 978-0-7653-1720-9. Review
• Haze (2009), ISBN 978-0-7653-2302-6
• Empress of Eternity (2010), ISBN 978-0-7653-2664-5
• The One-Eyed Man: A Fugue, With Winds and Accompaniment (2013), ISBN 978-0-7653-3544-9
• Solar Express (2015) ISBN 978-0-765-38195-8
• Quantum Shadows (July 21, 2020) ISBN 978-1-250-22920-5

Collaborations

• The Green Progression (with Bruce Scott Levinson) (1992)

Collections

• Viewpoints Critical (2008) – collection of short stories
• Recluce Tales (2017) - collection of short stories that take place in the Recluce world

Short fiction

• The Great American Economy (1973) Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, May 1973**
• A House by Any Other Name (1974) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1974
• Came the Revolution (1977) Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1977
• Iron Man, Plastic Ships (1979) Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Oct 1979**
• Power to ...? (1990) Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1990**
• Reaction Time (1978) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1978
• Rule of Law (1981) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 27, 1981**
• Second Coming (1979) Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Spring 1979**
• Understanding (2000) On Spec, Summer 2000**
• Viewpoint Critical (1978) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1978
• Precision Set (2001) On Spec Spring 2001**
• The Pilots (2002) In the Shadow of the Wall: Vietnam Stories that Might Have Been (ed. Byron R. Tetrick)**
• The Dock to Heaven (2003) Low Port (ed. Sharon Lee & Steve Miller)**
• The Swan Pilot (2004) Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy (ed. Andrew M. Greeley)**
• Fallen Angel (2004), from Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy (ed. Al Sarrantonio)**
• The Swan Pilot (2004), Emerald Magic (ed. Andrew M. Greeley) (Tor Books)**
• News Clips Recovered from the NYC Ruins (2005), from The Leading Edge, Brigham Young University Press.**
• Ghost Mission (2006), from Slipstreams (ed. Martin Greenberg and John Helfers) (DAW Books)**
• Sisters of Sarronnyn, Sisters of Westwind (2006), from Jim Baen's UNIVERSE, August 2006**
• Spec-Ops (2007), from Future Weapons of War (ed. Joe Haldeman and Martin Greenberg) (Baen Books)**
• The Difference (2007), from Man vs. Machine (ed. Martin Greenberg and John Helfers) (DAW Books)**
• Black Ordermage (2008)**
• Beyond the Obvious Wind (2008)**
• Always Outside the Lines (2008)**
• Life-Suspension (2009), from "Federations" (ed. John Joseph Adams (Prime Books)
• A More Perfect Union (2013), from The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination (ed. John Joseph Adams)

Stories listed above marked with a double-asterisk are included in L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories (New York: Tor Books, 2008) ISBN 978-0-7653-1857-2. The three stories dated 2008 appeared for the first time in this book.

Short non-fiction

• Story behind „Antiagon Fire“ – The Antiagon Fire That Almost Wasn’t (2013), from "Story Behind the Book : Volume 1"