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The Towers of the Sunset (The Saga of Recluce #2)

L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 536 pages

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Title	:	The Towers of the Sunset (The Saga of Recluce #2)
Author	:	L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 536 pages
Published	:	August 15th 1993 by Tor Fantasy (first published 1992)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Magic

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The first time I encountered The Saga of Recluce, I remember being somewhat bewildered by the progression from The Magic of Recluce to The Towers of the Sunset. Instead of picking up Lerris' story, as I would have expected of a traditional narrative, L. E. Modesitt Jr. catapults us back almost an entire millennium to tell the story of Creslin and the founding of Recluce.

Unusual and unorthodox, especially with the following book, The Magic Engineer, jumping forward again to a point between the two books, but that non-linear storytelling is part of the series' charm.

The Towers of the Sunset is part coming-of-age story and part quest tale, overlaid with a heavy dose of world-building. I'll get to the first two items in a moment, but I want to talk a bit about the world-building first. There are political, religious, and cultural elements introduced here that are absolutely fascinating. Where other authors would have settled for a typical matriarchy, Modesitt crafts a gender-flipped society where roles are reversed because of a mysterious mythology known as "The Legend" that adds a layer of intrigue to Creslin's story.

The other aspect of world-building that really excited me about this book in particular is the deeper exploration of the magic system, based not on good versus evil, but on chaos versus order. It's a fascinating system, well-defined, and based as much on science and philosophy as anything mystical. It's also the first fantasy novel I can remember that really wowed me with the use of magic. This is big-time magic, with large-scale spells that not only have impact, but consequences. The weather magic in particular is amazing, especially when Creslin has no clear concept of what he's doing or how, but it's even more interesting after the mechanics are explained.


Getting back to the story, the plotting of Creslin's coming-of-age is a little thin, and it jumps around a bit more than I would have liked, but it certainly has its moments. The mountainside escape from his mother's guards is great, and his magical enslavement on the Wizard's road breathes some new excitement into the tired old trope of lost memories. It's once he and Megaera finally come together, sharing a violent, tension-filled sea voyage to Recluce, that the story really takes off, and the way they begin building a new society is far more interesting than you might expect.

Along the way, Modesitt explores some complex questions of power, morality, gender politics, and family drama. Some of those concepts seem a little dated on a reread but, looking back over a quarter century, it reminds me of how daring and innovative they were for the time. The Towers of the Sunset may seem a bit simple and straightforward, compared to the complex doorstopper epics of today, but it's an entertaining read that doesn't have a single soft spot or slow moment in the narrative.


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Original Title:	The Towers of the Sunset
ISBN:	0812519671 (ISBN13: 9780812519679)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Saga of Recluce #2, Recluce Zyklus #2, The Saga of Recluce (Chronological) , more

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This is the 2nd Recluce book I have read and I thought it was very good. The interesting thing about this series is that in the history of this world, it jumps back and forth in time so that you are seeing a different time period and its troubles and conflicts. All the while, Modesitt continues to refine his magic systems and history. So, with 20 books in the series and if you are really type A, there are lists that put the books in a chronological order, even though the author says that they



OMG this book series had better get better and quickly.Recommended by a great friend as one of his favorite fantasy series of all time, I'm finding it a slog to get through.I won't get into not having a description of the story on the back of the book, but if you're going to write a series that jumps around in time in your world, you should be writing in clues for the reader to know WHEN they are reading about.Next, the characters in this story are whiny and boring. I am not connected to any of

One of a kind love story with a strong background of MagicIts a standalone book, one doesnt need to have read other book from the series to enjoy this one.Loved reading the book, it has character growth, coming of age adventure, complicated romance, and a lot of world building. The book starts with some interesting take on politics and religion in a part of the world not yet touched in the previous book. Our protagonist wants to get out of this region and decided to go on a life-changing

I am so glad that I did not stop reading the Recluce series after the first installment. This book was nothing like the first, it was fun, it had characters I actually cared what happened to, it didnt try to be as mysterious and rely on constantly explaining the philosophy to give hints to the reader about what was going. The only thing I had issues was with the timeline between this and the previous book, which was never really made clear though I think we can guess and wasnt really important

It's been almost two years since I re-read The Magic of Recluce. I consider the Recluce saga among the "formative fantasy series" of my youth. I associate the word "Recluce" with memories of being curled up in a massive armchair in the living room, rain streaming down the windows outside, cradling a massive 600- or 800-page hardcover book in my hands. That was the life.With The Towers of Sunset, Modesitt returns to the Recluce saga in prequel form: this is the founding of Recluce by Creslin and

Another likeable Modesitt hero, another unlikable Modesitt heroine and much more world-building than plot.