L. E. Modesitt Jr. bibliography

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

The Saga of Recluce (internal chronological order)

 * 1) From the Forest (2024)
 * 2) Overcaptain (November 12, 2024)
 * 3) Sub-Majer's Challenge (August 2025)
 * 4) Last of the First (2025)
 * 5) Magi'i of Cyador (2001)
 * 6) Scion of Cyador (2001)
 * 7) Fall of Angels (1996)
 * 8) The Chaos Balance (1997)
 * 9) Arms-Commander (2010)
 * 10) Cyador's Heirs (2014)
 * 11) Heritage of Cyador (2014)
 * 12) The Mongrel Mage (2017)
 * 13) Outcasts of Order (2018)
 * 14) The Mage-Fire War (2019)
 * 15) Fairhaven Rising (2021)
 * 16) The Towers of the Sunset (1992)
 * 17) The White Order (1998)
 * 18) The Magic Engineer (1994)
 * 19) Colors of Chaos (1999)
 * 20) Natural Ordermage (2007)
 * 21) Mage-Guard of Hamor (2008)
 * 22) The Order War (1995)
 * 23) Wellspring of Chaos (2004)
 * 24) Ordermaster (2005)
 * 25) The Magic of Recluce (1991)
 * 26) 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)

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

The Grand Illusion

 * Isolate (2021)
 * Councilor (2022)
 * Contrarian (2023)
 * Legalist (2025/2026?) Takes place more than 400 years before Isolate.

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


 * 1) Dawn for a Distant Earth (1987)
 * 2) The Silent Warrior (1987)
 * 3) In Endless Twilight (1988)
 * The Forever Hero (2000)—Omnibus, combines the above three books

The Ecolitan Institute novels (internal chronological order)

 * 1) The Ecolitan Operation (1989)
 * 2) The Ecologic Secession (1990)
 * 3) The Ecologic Envoy (1986)
 * 4) 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