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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Jr. Modesitt
Amerikansk forfatter som har skrevet "Recluce" bøgerne og dermed blevet en af de mest populære fantasy forfatter I branchen. Den første bog I serien hed "The Magic of Recluce" og blev så godt modtaget at der nu er 13 bøger I serien. Den kronologisk første er "The Fall of Angels". Modesit skriver også andre serier; "The Spellsong Cycle", "The Ecolitan Matter" og "The Forever Hero." Helt klart, en travl mand.