Councilor - L. E. Modesitt

\nL. 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. Welcome to the Grand Illusion. \n \nContinued poor harvests and steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers. \n \nAgainst 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. \n \nThis makes him dangerous. \n \nAs 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. \n \nThe Grand Illusion \nIsolate \nCouncilor \nContrarian \n \nOther Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. \nThe Imager Portfolio \nThe Corean Chronicles \nThe Spellsong Cycle \nThe Ghost Books \nThe Ecolitan Matter\n