Description
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, continues the Grand Illusion, a gaslamp political fantasy series (Isolate, Councilor, Contrarian) with a prequel, Legalist.
Fifty years after the establishment of the Imperium, and 450 years before the events of Isolate, Dominic Mikail Ysella--ancestor of Avraal Ysella--is the grandson of the last king of Aloor. Stripped of most of their land, Dominic, as the third son, must support himself. Dominic, quietly working as an isolate, someone unreadable by government telepaths, must navigate a period of political upheaval and a sudden list of dead, high-ranking officials to stave off the collapse of the Imperium. The Grand IllusionIsolate
Councilor
Contrarian
Legalist Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Imager Portfolio
The Corean Chronicles
The Spellsong Cycle
The Ghost Books
The Ecolitan Matter
Author: L. E. Jr. Modesitt
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9781250385772
ISBN10: 1250385776
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Epic
- Fiction | Fantasy | Gaslamp
About the Author
L. E. MODESITT, JR. is the author of more than eighty books--primarily science fiction and fantasy--including the long-running, bestselling series the Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, as well as a number of short stories. Legalist is the fourth book in his Grand Illusion series (Isolate, Councilor, and Contrarian).