#Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

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This man and the audacity he has

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New Title Tuesday: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Contrarian by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

In Contrarian, protests against unemployment and poor harvests have become armed riots as the people sink deeper into poverty. They look to a government struggling to emerge from corruption and conspiracy.

Recently elected to the Council of Sixty-Six, Steffan Dekkard is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths—but not the recent bombing of the Council Office Building by insurrectionists. His patron, the Premier of the Council, has been assassinated, leaving Dekkard with little first-hand political experience and few political allies.

Not only must Dekkard handle political infighting, and continued assassination attempts, but it appears that someone high up in the government and corporations has supplied arms and explosives to insurrectionists.

Insurrectionists who have succeeded in taking over a naval cruiser that no one can seem to find.

This is the third volume of "The Grand Illusion" series.

Ebony Gate by Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle

Emiko Soong belongs to one of the eight premier magical families of the world. But Emiko never needed any magic. Because she is the Blade of the Soong Clan. Or was. Until she’s drenched in blood in the middle of a market in China, surrounded by bodies and the scent of blood and human waste as a lethal perfume.

The Butcher of Beijing now lives a quiet life in San Francisco, importing antiques. But when a shinigami, a god of death itself, calls in a family blood debt, Emiko must recover the Ebony Gate that holds back the hungry ghosts of the Yomi underworld. Or forfeit her soul as the anchor.

What's a retired assassin to do but save the City by the Bay from an army of the dead?

This is the first volume of the "Phoenix Hoard" series.

The Book of Witches edited by Jonathan Strahan

With a breathtaking array of original stories from around the world, P. Djèlí Clark, Amal El Mohtar, Garth Nix, Darcie Little Badger, Sheree Renée Thomas, and two dozen other fantasy and science fiction geniuses bring a new and exciting twist to one of the most beloved figures in fiction, witches, in never-before-seen works written exclusively for this volume.

Witches! Whether you know them from Shakespeare or from Wicked, there is no staple more beloved in folklore, fairy tale, or fantasy than these magical beings. Witches are everywhere, and at the heart of stories that resonate with many people around the world. This dazzling, otherworldly collection gathers new stories of witches from all walks of life, ensuring a Halloween readers will never forget. Whether they be maiden, mother, crone, or other; funny, fierce, light and airy, or dark and disturbing; witches are a vital part of some of the greatest stories we have, and new ones start here!

The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero-Lacruz

Reina is desperate.

Stuck living on the edges of society, her only salvation lies in an invitation from a grandmother she’s never known. But the journey is dangerous, and prayer can’t always avert disaster. Attacked by creatures that stalk the region, Reina is on the verge of death until her grandmother, a dark sorceress, intervenes. Now dependent on the Doña’s magic for her life, Reina will do anything to earn—and keep—her favor. Even the bidding of an ancient god who whispers to her at night.

Eva Kesare is unwanted.

Illegitimate and of mixed heritage, Eva is her family’s shame. She tries her best to be perfect and to hide her oddities. But Eva is hiding a secret: magic calls to her. Eva knows she should fight the temptation. Magic is the sign of the dark god, and using it is punishable by death. Yet, it’s hard to deny power when it has always been denied to you. Eva is walking a dangerous path, one that gets stranger every day. And, in the end, she’ll become something she never imagined.

This is the first volume of "The Warring Gods" series.

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Councilor (The Grand Illusion Book 2 of 3) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review)

Councilor (The Grand Illusion Book 2 of 3) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review)

‘Councilor’ is the second book of ‘The Grand Illusion’ book series and you would need to read ‘Isolate’ before this one for it to make much sense. ‘Councilor’ has many of the same characters and the setting is still the state of Guldor. In the first book, our hero, Steffan Dekkard, was a security aide and administrator in the office of Councilor Obreduur, a member of the Craft Party. Now he’s a…

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Review: Isolate by L.E.Modesitt Jr.

Review: Isolate by L.E.Modesitt Jr.

Series: The Grand Illusion #1Author: L.E. Modesitt Jr.Publisher: Tor BooksReleased: November 16, 2021Received: NetGalley Isolate is the start of L.E. Modesitt Jr.’s latest series. If you’re looking for the striking blend that is both science fiction and steampunk elements, with a dash of mystery and fantasy, then this is going to be the perfect read for you. Steffan Dekkard is what is known as…

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Day 311

Listo:

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware - Nope🚫

2 chapters - Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr. DNF🚫, Magic on the Line by Devon Monk 100%, Magic Without Mercy by Devon Monk 100% , Magic for a Price by Devon Monk 100%, Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat 11%. Yea... So created a new shelf and DNF’d Isolate. Mhm. Read the last three books in the Beckstrom series by Devon Monk (oh that last book had me in tears oh lawd). And started Dark Rise. So yea... UwU♡ ✔

Dailies - Waifu Did mah dailies! Also, level 4 BP now~! AND! Tree lvl 22! New MONTH! new weeklies! ♡ω♡. FFXIV did mah dailies~ MSQ +0 -> 74, BTN +0 -> 80, CUL +0 -> 80, WVR +0 -> 80, GSM +0 -> 77, FSH +0 -> 65, MIN +0 -> 74, ALC +0 -> 69, LTW +0 -> 64, ARM +0 -> 65, CRP +0 -> 64, BSM +0 -> 65. Vath 0/0 Rank 8/9 Bloodsworn, Vanu 1350/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn, Moggles 0/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn. No game today 

Keqing came home tho?! UwU♡ ✔✔

Vamp shiz - 0 words written! Up to 7323. 1020 words for pt6. Always the grind for the next part - but none today.🚫

2 anime eps - Mob Psycho 100 II! 1&2 done! Nope🚫

Other things - Manhwa: Nothing here. In other news: Did my daily Cozy Grove and still loving it! Did not play Swag and Sorcery. Unsleeping City 2 episode 5 complete. So... about that huge fuckywucky. Ha. After what i said last time, we spent the next 30 or so hours calling direct express over and over again until someone finally picked up the phone - it kept hanging up on me - and was told they couldn't do anything about it, call the bank with the routing number. Okaaaaaay. So i called the bank with the routing number and that was miserable. After three people hanging up on me and not listening to me, finally got someone to listen - and they told me that they would not look into it at all in any way shape or form because i didn't have an account with them. So, i decided to call ssa again. Low and behold, that’s what i shoulda fuckin’ done to begin with god damn. i mean yea sure i called them the first time, but i shoulda just called them back. It took longer for me to go through my spiel than it did for the nice lady to help me. my check is on it’s way to me, paper, because it bounced back to the ssa. i got a new direct express account, and that’s set up for next month so this DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. Argh. But it’s fine. It’s over. It’s over!

...until April when Sir wants to switch me over to a proper bank but we’ll see. We shall see. Here’s hoping that turns out just peachy.

IBS has been kicking my absolute ASS the past day and a half or so, ugh, agonizing gut pain, diarrhea, you name it, i got it. Miserable.

So yea. That’s how my start of the year is turning out. At least it snowed a little... 😩

Food: A Liquid: A Pain: D Brain: D

Tomorrow: Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Ever Onwards and Upwards!

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Rules: Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

Thank you for the tag @thenightdayblogger!!! (I didn’t know you were in IRELAND???)

favorite color: pink (to wear), turquoise or sea teal (to look at)

last song: Slipping Through My Fingers by ABBA

currently reading: currently working my way through Jane Austen’s Greatest Works (read Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, finishing up Northanger Abbey, moving on to Persuasion), picking away at Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn periodically and also just finished Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr.!

last movie: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - I got my partner a shabu pot for Christmas, so our new tradition since the New Year has been eating shabu shabu at our coffee table and watching a Ghibli movie once every week or so! This week we’re going to watch Spirited Away 😌

savory, sweet, or spicy: depends on my mood, but usually savory for meals but sweet for snacking. I can’t handle spicy! 😖

currently working on: Shepherds of Haven, of course, and a few little Shepherd AUs here and there, including one that will be posted to Patreon, which I’m calling the Lights and Clockwork universe! My next novel is also currently bubbling away on the backburner!

I’m shy about tagging, so whoever wants to do this, I tag you! ✨

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Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Isolate by J\L.E. Modesitt Jr. was a library find I couldn’t believe I was lucky enough to find sitting on the shelf. It is a new series and it is difficult to categorize. It could be called steam punk, or fantasy, or political mystery. There is apparently a category called gaslamp fantasy where the “experts” have categorized this novel. It is all of those things but none of them fit…

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L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, continues his brand new, gaslamp, political fantasy series with Councilor the thrilling sequel to Isolate.Continued poor harvests and steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers.Against this rising tide of social unrest, Steffan Dekkard, newly appointed to the Council of Sixty-Six, is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths.This makes him dangerous.As unknown entities seek to assassinate him, Dekkard struggles to master political intrigue and infighting, while introducing radical reforms that threaten entrenched political and corporate interests.

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New Book Release: Councilor (The Grand Illusion #2) by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

New Book Release: Councilor (The Grand Illusion #2) by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

    Blurb: L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, continues his brand new, gaslamp, political fantasy series with Councilor the thrilling sequel to Isolate. Continued poor harvests and steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers. Against this rising tide of social unrest, Steffan Dekkard,…

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Friday Reads: Isolate by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

Friday Reads: Isolate by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

Industrialization. Social unrest. Underground movements. Government corruption and surveillance.Something is about to give.Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath are employed by Axel Obreduur,…

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I apologize in advance for the person I will become on August 9th when Councilor comes out

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Day 310

Listo:

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware - Nope🚫

2 chapters - Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr. 9%. This a chonky ass book - and i’m not doin’ great reading it. 😩 Too many Other Things To Worry About other than reading. Bleh. UwU♡ ✔

Dailies - Waifu Did mah dailies! Also, level 50 BP now~! AND! Tree lvl 21! New MONTH! new weeklies! ♡ω♡. FFXIV did mah dailies~ MSQ +0 -> 74, BTN +0 -> 80, CUL +0 -> 80, WVR +0 -> 80, GSM +0 -> 77, FSH +0 -> 65, MIN +0 -> 74, ALC +0 -> 69, LTW +0 -> 64, ARM +0 -> 65, CRP +0 -> 64, BSM +0 -> 65. Vath 0/0 Rank 8/9 Bloodsworn, Vanu 1350/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn, Moggles 0/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn. No game today UwU♡ ✔✔

Vamp shiz - 0 words written! Up to 7323. 1020 words for pt6. Always the grind for the next part - but none today.🚫

2 anime eps - Mob Psycho 100 II! 1&2 done! Nope🚫

Other things - Manhwa: Nothing here. In other news: Did my daily Cozy Grove and still loving it! Did not play Swag and Sorcery. No Unsleeping City 2. We had a HUGE fuckywucky today. Apparently, way back when in Nov when we bobbled about with setting up bank account, and that never happened, i fucked up bad with putting in the correct routing number for direct express? Didn’t get my check today. Managed to, after a LOT of hassle, get in contact with the ssa people - they say the check cleared. Been trying to call direct express all fucking day and... Nothing. Nobody’s answering. “We’re experiencing a high volume of calls *hangs up on me*” which... yea. i’m stressed as shit. Can’t pay rent. Can’t pay any of my other bills. Can’t do anything and my money’s just... floating around somewhere. Not with me.

Ugh.

Regardless. Did a ppf pull and the cards tell me it’s gonna be ok. So. Just gotta breathe through it. What will be will be and all that.

It’s still really fucking stressful give me my fucking money you twits.

Food: A Liquid: A Pain: C Brain: D

Tomorrow: Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Ever Onwards and Upwards!

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Day 309

Listo:

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware - Nope🚫

2 chapters - Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter 100%, Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr. 5%. SftD: 4.25🌟 - Ahh! Soulwood, how i love thee. Gosh dang heck! Can't wait for the next one~ Up next is Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr.! UwU♡ ✔

Dailies - Waifu Did mah dailies! Also, level 50 BP now~! AND! Tree lvl 21! New MONTH! new weeklies! ♡ω♡. FFXIV did mah dailies~ MSQ +0 -> 74, BTN +0 -> 80, CUL +0 -> 80, WVR +0 -> 80, GSM +0 -> 77, FSH +0 -> 65, MIN +0 -> 74, ALC +0 -> 69, LTW +0 -> 64, ARM +0 -> 65, CRP +0 -> 64, BSM +0 -> 65. Vath 0/0 Rank 8/9 Bloodsworn, Vanu 1350/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn, Moggles 0/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn. No game today UwU♡ ✔✔

Vamp shiz - 0 words written! Up to 7323. 1020 words for pt6. Always the grind for the next part - but none today.🚫

2 anime eps - Bungou Stray Dogs 3rd Season! 11&12 done! Series complete! Up next is Mob Psycho 100 II! ✔

Other things - Manhwa: Nothing here. In other news: Did my daily Cozy Grove and still loving it! Did not play Swag and Sorcery. Worked on Book List Things. Signed up to another library. Heh. It’s not an addiction. i can quit whenever i want. 😩 Did watch episode 4 of Unsleeping City 2! UwU and such. Feeling kinda crappy. Got some crampy feelings. Crampy? Stone? UTI? Something. Not good. Bleh. Exhausted and headachey and cold hands make for bleh.

Food: A Liquid: A Pain: B Brain: B

Tomorrow: Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Ever Onwards and Upwards!

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Day 308

Listo:

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware - Nope🚫

2 chapters - Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter 81%, Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr. 0%. Last book i had on hold came in - feels WEIRD but hey, new year, time to start back up again! UwU♡ ✔

Dailies - Waifu Did mah dailies! Also, level 49 BP now~! AND! Tree lvl 21! New MONTH! new weeklies! ♡ω♡. FFXIV did mah dailies~ MSQ +0 -> 74, BTN +0 -> 80, CUL +0 -> 80, WVR +0 -> 80, GSM +0 -> 77, FSH +0 -> 65, MIN +0 -> 74, ALC +0 -> 69, LTW +0 -> 64, ARM +0 -> 65, CRP +0 -> 64, BSM +0 -> 65. Vath 0/0 Rank 8/9 Bloodsworn, Vanu 1350/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn, Moggles 0/1730 Rank 7/9 Sworn. No game today UwU♡ ✔✔

Vamp shiz - 309 words written! Up to 7323. 1020 words for pt6. Always the grind for the next part.✔

2 anime eps - Bungou Stray Dogs 3rd Season! Nope🚫

Other things - Manhwa: Nothing here. In other news: Did my daily Cozy Grove and still loving it! Also played more Swag and Sorcery and tis good. .

Food: A Liquid: A Pain: B Brain: B

Tomorrow: Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Ever Onwards and Upwards!

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Shout out to Dekkard and Ysella

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I noticed that there was a severe lack of L.E. Modesitt Jr. appreciation on this website and decided to rectify that with my own two hands!

Thus this haven was created! 

I will be updating sporadically (alas, real life is a thing and I’m too scared of the queue settings lol), but am always open to asks and submissions!

This will mostly be Imager Portfolio and Grand Illusion, but I would love to hear about the other books as well if you have content you’d like to add!

Have fun! :D