Darknesses, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Darknesses, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
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Darknesses

Author: L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Narrator: Kyle McCarley

Unabridged: 18 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/28/2014

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

Corus is a world of humans, but also of strange animals and supernatural creatures. It is a world of magical powers and of a few people who are Talented enough to use them. Alucius, the hero of the story, is one such person. In Legacies we saw how he grew from a Talented child on a lonely Nightsheep ranch in the Iron Valleys to a proficient soldier who used his wits and his Talent to become the first to escape military enslavement in the neighboring country of Madrien. Now captain of the Twenty-first Company, the youngest officer of his rank in the Militia, he must now face new challenges, both military and magical.

Corus has been fragmented since the collapse of its ancient magic-powered civilization. A would-be conqueror has somehow revived sorcerous creatures of legend to assist in his crusade to reunite the continent under his rule. The Iron Valleys are forced into an alliance with the Lord-Protector of Lanachrona, and the Twenty-first is dispatched to stand against the invaders. Neither the officers above him nor the men under him know it, but Alucius's Talent is their only hope for victory, or even survival.

About 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 US Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant, and staff director for a US congressman, director of legislation and congressional relations for the US Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on October 31, 2017

This was even better than the first book as the magic & history of the world emerge to us & Alucius. Things that were hinted at now emerge into the light & reveal a lot more going on than most could possibly dream. Best of all, there aren't any info dumps, but a lot of adventures. They're well done,......more

Goodreads review by William on January 26, 2015

Darkness by L.E. Modesitt, jr This is book two of the Corean Chronicles. A new world and new protagonists that are separate from the world of Recluce. This world is locked in war between states that are mere shreds of a more pervasive and powerful defunct nation state. This book provides more informa......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on December 16, 2017

reread 2017 - for this one I agree with my earlier review with the caveat that the last part didn't feel so badly out of place because I expected it - still way too much magic review on original read 2013 see here for a quick take of volume 1: [URL not allowed] this one that has A......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on December 17, 2023

Prica se fino nastavlja ali knjiga se tako sporo razvija da je na momente strasno. mogli su mirno jeno 100 do 150 strana da izbace. Plus kraj je nekako zbrzan i konfuzan. Ocekivao sam bolje. Ali nije tako lose da necu preci na trecu knjigu. Ali knjiga je stvarno samo za ljude kojima ne smeta spoooooro......more

Goodreads review by Tom on October 15, 2011

Good sequel. A good yarn but some lazy writing. Quite fluffy at times: very repetitive about what was eaten, the type of marble in a wall, or the mannerisms of a character. Nonetheless, an interesting world and good battle tales.......more