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Imager

by L.E. Modesitt Jr. · 2009

Imager is the beginning of a whole new fantasy in a whole new magical world from the bestselling creator of Recluce. Although Rhennthyl is the son of a leading wool merchant in L’Excelsis, the capital of Solidar, the most… more

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Behind your reaction is a feeling that whatever is 'true' must be able to be expressed logically. Men, in particular, have a tendency to confuse correct logic with an accurate assessment of a situation. Be careful of any situation that you have to reason through logically, because if you have to work to reason it out, you're probably missing something.
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The difference between an explanation and an excuse lies with the one receiving it.
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Rain, shadow and sunlight all conceal and reveal just in different fashions.
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Well chosen words create pain that lasts longer than a flogging.
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Could I believe in the doctrine without believing in the deity?
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Each individual is different from every other individual, but a group pressures each individual to be the same. Otherwise, there is no group. The same is true of a society. The values of the strongest or most persuasive become the values of the group.
Inconsistency I did not condemn, nor even foolishness, but the hypocrisy of professing an ideal, what ever it might be, and defending it verbally and vociferously, while secretly betraying it by behavior, I generally found disgusting.
To those who fail to understand, the most fantastic in life remains disappointing.
Do not concentrate on sums when nothing adds up.
Guilt provides far more effective motivation than greed. For greed, at times, can be satiated.
who are not is what they know and how they apply that knowledge. Because the world is governed by men, should you not endeavor to learn as much as possible about men? If you study men with the same diligence as you have studied art and the texts with which Master Dichartyn has plied you and examined you, you will gain great knowledge about how best to apply all you know.
Beware men in power to praise principles; they're either without them or lacking in perception.

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Imager is the beginning of a whole new fantasy in a whole new magical world from the bestselling creator of Recluce. Although Rhennthyl is the son of a leading wool merchant in L’Excelsis, the capital of Solidar, the most powerful nation on Terahnar, he has spent years becoming a journeyman artist and is skilled and diligent enough to be considered for the status of master artisan—in another two years. Then, in a single moment, his entire life is transformed when his master patron is killed in a flash fire, and Rhenn discovers he is an imager—one of the few in the entire world of Terahnar who can visualize things and make them real.He must leave his family and join the Collegium of Imagisle.  Imagers live separately from the rest of society because of their abilities (they can do accidental magic even while asleep), and because they are both feared and vulnerable. In this new life, Rhenn

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First published
2009
Genre
Fantasy
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4.04 (10k ratings)

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