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)
- From the Forest (January 23, 2024)[1]
- Overcaptain (2024)[2]
- Sub-Majer's Challenge (2024) [3]
- Last of the First (2024/2025) [4]
- 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)[5]
- 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
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
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)[6]
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[7]), 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.[7])
- 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
The Grand Illusion
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; reprinted a The Timegod (1993))
- Timediver's Dawn (1992)
- 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
- Dawn for a Distant Earth (1987)
- The Silent Warrior (1987)
- In Endless Twilight (1988)
- The Forever Hero (2000)—Omnibus, combines the above three books
The Ecolitan Institute novels (internal chronological order)
- The Ecolitan Operation (1989)
- The Ecologic Secession (1990)
- The Ecologic Envoy (1986)
- The Ecolitan Enigma (1997)
- Empire & Ecolitan (2001) Omnibus of The Ecolitan Operation and The Ecologic Secession
- Ecolitan Prime (2003) Omnibus of The Ecologic Envoy and The Ecolitan Enigma
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 (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), 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), 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), Jim Baen's Universe, August 2006**
- "Spec-Ops" (2007), Future Weapons of War (ed. Joe Haldeman and Martin Greenberg; Baen Books)**
- "The Difference" (2007), 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), Federations (ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books)
- "Astralis" (2009) Jim Baen's Universe January 2009
- "The Stranger" Speculative Horizons (ed. Patrick St-Denis) Subterranean Press 2010
- "New World Blues" Tor.com February 2012
- "The Bronze Man of Mars" 2012 Under the Moons of Mars (ed. John Joseph Adams) Simon & Schuster
- "A More Perfect Union" (2013), The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination (ed. John Joseph Adams)
- "Gold and Glory" 2017 All Hail Our Robot Conquerors (ed. Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier) ZNB Books
- "The Liberator" 2018 [The Razor's Edge] (ed. Troy Bucher and Joshua Palmatier) ZNB Books
- "The Fallen" 2020 Fantastic Hope (ed. Laurell K. Hamilton and William McCaskey) Berkley
- "Evanescence" 2020 Shapers of Worlds (ed. Edward Willett) Shadowpaw Press
- "The Unexpected Dachshund" Instinct:An Animal Rescuers Anthology (ed. L.J. Hachmeister) Source7 Productions
"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[11]
References
- ↑ "[Untitled]". Category: What I'm Writing. L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – the Official Website. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ↑ https://www.lemodesittjr.com/2022/09/21/20201/#comments
- ↑ https://www.lemodesittjr.com/2023/04/20/20412/#comments
- ↑ https://www.lemodesittjr.com/2023/09/05/20616/#comments
- ↑ "[Untitled]". L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "December Questions « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website". lemodesittjr.com. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- 1 2 "What I'm Writing « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website". lemodesittjr.com. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – the Official Website".
- ↑ "L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – the Official Website".
- ↑ "L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – the Official Website".
- ↑ "Story Behind the Book: Volume 1—Essays on Writing Speculative Fiction". upcoming4.me. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.