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The Death of Chaos (1996)

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ISBN
0812548248 (ISBN13: 9780812548242)
Language
English
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tor fantasy

The Death Of Chaos (1996) - Plot & Excerpts

Reading this back-to-back with The Magic of Recluse (which it follows directly in the internal chronology, but is separated by three other books in the publication order) really both shows up how unusually weak Magic of Recluse is and how much the series developed over the course of a couple of books.Most of the writing flaws are greatly mitigated. The onomatopoeia is still present, but as an occasional touch of flavor rather than a method of communicating action - this is much less jarring. Lerris has matured quite a bit as a character - while he's still an obtuse little snot a lot of the time, it's in ways that are much more pleasant to read about and represent much more understandable and relatable character flaws. And the magic system is fully realized and, in fact, taken to its logical conclusion - this is the last book in the internal chronology, despite there being some fourteen others at various points in the timeline.This is still far from my favorite book in the series, but it makes an interesting pairing with Magic, which it so greatly surpasses.

This book is a sequel to the first.I was curious to what will happen to the "hero" of this story.After this, I believe I wouldn't be able to see the characters.What can I say...Well, there will be a lot of reference to Lerris as hero, by his consort, and many others.A number of times that it got annoying.Unlike the first, this involved many characters.A lot of dying and sadness.A lot of questions, as to be expected.An interesting start, as Lerris show us the day to day activity after his victory against the white mages.And yes, expectantly, his main job is a craft master.Many would come, and those interaction was shown without details lacking.In fact, it was so detailed that I'd say it composes around 30 % of the bookwe were shown this daily day to day activities, as humanizing as it can be.For us to relate to the characters, and this world,Really, this is a signature for the book and this series,

What do You think about The Death Of Chaos (1996)?

When you read several books by the same author in a row, you start to notice certain trends that may not have jumped out at you previously.I really have enjoyed Modesitt's Recluce series, but I'm having a bit of an issue with the way he portrays women in relationships. Over and again, they're cold, bitter, shrewish bitches that just don't understand the poor guy they're involved romantically with. He manages to make the men look just as terrible, but honestly.. it tends to fall squarely on the 'why doesn't she understand my specialness?!' scale of, "Sheesh."In my quest to reread all of the Recluce books, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I hadn't actually ever read The Death of Chaos, so that was a bonus. There's a lot more, further on in the series, that I'd also missed -- but they all seem to from the pre-Lerris and/or Creslin timeline.
—Rachel-Anne 'McWitty' Ely

I always knew Modesitt was this shit, but this book just put some extra stink on my opinion. After the fourth book i realized that i didn't much care for either order or chaos, on account of there being a bunch of chump ass bitches behind both sides. The death of Chaos just confirms that fact. I'm not sure why L.E. decided that this was going to be the Fifth book in a series that has encompassed more than 10 novels, but I'm not sure i know where he's going to go with it. Lerris kinda puts everyone to shame and wraps the whole millennia long altercation up in to one shit storm. Well, theres plenty different flavors of Modesitt for me to enjoy so... whatever.
—Chris Pacheco

I really enjoy Modesitt's fantasy world creations. Though not normally a sci-fi fan, I enjoy his sci-fi books as well. I have read many reviews that find his writing predictable, but to me he has an amazing way of building the world and staying consistent with the rules of magic and the historical background that he builds on book by book.A complaint I had at first was that each character only had one book. He has since expanded that out to two to three and I love how the characters develop.The ending of this book was so final and sad, but right as he had alluded to the wrongness of chaos and order being concentrated. He came back and filled out this theme beautifully with the Fall of Angels and the books about ancient Cyador.What I love the most about his works, is that I find I can read them again every year or so and still enjoy them. Robert Jordan and Luis L’amour are others that I can enjoyable read again and again.L.E. Modesitt Jr.
—Mick

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