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In Imager, the first book of the Imager Portfolio, we met Rhennthyl, an apprentice portrait artist whose life was changed by a disastrous fire. But the blaze that took his master€™s life and destroyed his livelihood revealed a secret power previously dormant in Rhenn; the power of imaging, the ability to shape matter using thought. With some trouble, he adapts to the controlled life of an imager. By Imager€™s Challenge, Rhenn has become a liaison to the local law forces. He finds himself in direct conflict with both authorities and national politics as he tries to uphold the law and do his best by the people of his home city. Now, in Imager€™s Intrigue, Rhenn has come into his own. He has a wife and a young child, and a solid career as an imager. But he has made more than one enemy during his journey from apprentice painter to master imager, and even his great powers won€™t allow him to escape his past. Read more Continue reading Read less FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY The third volume in the Imager Portfolio series (after 2009s Imagers Challenge) , set in a fantasy world with an early modern feel, follows powerful imager Rhennthyl as he polices the streets of LExcelcis. Though rarely called on to use his power to imagine things into being, its mere existence serves to intimidate those around him as Rhenn investigates a bank scam and a powerful, deadly drug. His cases inevitably dovetail and soon political intrigue and mystery vie with his family for his attention. Even as it becomes clear that Rhenn and all the imagers are under attack, he realizes he cant trust his colleagues. Lengthy discussions and tedious recounting of Rhenns daily habits alternate with fast-paced action, but fans of the series will enjoy seeing Rhenn come into his own as a husband and father. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FROM BOOKLIST The third novel in the Imager Portfolio picks up about five years after the end of Imagers Challenge (2009) . Rhennthyl and Seliora are married and have a small daughter, and Rhennthyl has proven to be an effective patrol captain as well as a strong imager. But problems are increasing: a new addictive drug is destroying more people faster, including a member of Rhenns family, mysterious explosions rock the city of LExcelsis, and the countrys most powerful enemy is expected to go to war any day. Then one night Imagisle itself is fired on. The death of two senior Masters leaves Rhennthyl one of the most powerful imagers in the country - and possibly that countrys only hope of avoiding defeat. Modesitt has drawn a superb portrait of an honest and powerful man handed a crisis that even he may not be able to handle. Surrounded by overly rigid customs, too many unanswered questions, and just plain greed, he must change Solidar and the College of Imagers if both are to survive. This is an extremely satisfying conclusion to the Imager Portfolio, but given the problems facing Rhenn at the end of the novel, Modesitt fans will be pleased and not surprised if we see more of Rhennthyl in the future. --Frieda Murray REVIEW Praise for the Imager Portfolio: "The Imager Portfolio features some of the best characters Modesitt has ever created, real enough to make you consider what youd do in their places." - Booklist on Imagers Challenge "The prolific Modesitt kicks off a new fantasy series that boasts an early modern setting - think Victorian times without the pollution. ... Modesitts capacity to wring new surprises from stock ideas remains undiminished." - Kirkus Reviews on Imager "Meticulous world-building. ... The world is fascinating, and the Imagers themselves are extraordinary." - Rt Book Reviews on Imager ABOUT THE AUTHOR 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 U.S. Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant and staff director for a U.S. Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer. He lives in Cedar City, Utah. EXCERPT. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1 Unlike most people, I hated actually going to sleep and looked forward to waking up . . . in a way. When Id been a struggling apprentice portraiturist years before, I never would have believed I could have felt that way, but life has a way of changing preconceptions. In my case, it had to do with the sleeping arrangements required of imagers. Although wed been married for nearly five years - it would be five years on the twenty-first of the coming Fevier - Seliora and I had never slept the entire night together; not that we both wouldnt have wanted to, but the dangers of that were far too high. Even before Id known I was an imager, Id lit lamps and imaged things in my sleep, and once Id even set a chest on fire. Imaging in a nightmare could easily have hurt Seliora ... if not worse. So I was pleased to wake, dress in exercise clothes and boots, and leave my discreetly lead-lined bedchamber with its lead glass windows and pad barefoot into the main bedchamber and look at her sleeping there. Then I slipped from the house and ran down the walkways to the exercise area where Clovyl put all those of us assigned to various security-related duties through exercises that ended in a four mille run. After that, I trotted back to the house and showered and shaved, in always cool if not cold water, so that I was clean enough to slip into Selioras large bed before she actually rose and we got ready for the day. On this Lundi morning, she was awake, waiting for me, and her arms felt wonderful around me. We didnt ge



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