Arms-Commander
core novel 2010 The Saga of Recluce
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.13 (2,701 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 528 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765323811 |
Synopsis
Arms-Commander, the sixteenth volume of the Saga of Recluce, takes place roughly a decade after the events of The Chaos Balance, centering on Saryn, the Arms-Commander of Westwind, an isolated mountain keep known as the Roof of the World where women alone rule and fight. When the neighboring land of Gallos threatens invasion, driven by its heir's hatred of a realm governed by women, Saryn travels to the kingdom of Lornth to seek military aid for Westwind's defense. There she pledges support to Lornth's regent, Zeldyan, complicating her mission further. Behind the scenes, a trading council secretly conspires with Gallos, using bribery and manipulation to destabilize both Lornth and Westwind, so that Saryn must broker fragile alliances across hostile territory, knowing the fate of four lands now depends on her.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Saga of Recluce
- Series: The Saga of Recluce core; position 16 of 26 in the series' recorded order
- Author: L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Notes
- From the series record (The Saga of Recluce): One continuous, internally chronological world across many reading-order sub-arcs; the whole published run to date is Core Canon, per the author's own single ordered list. Ongoing; a further volume (Last of the First) is announced for 2026 and is not yet published, so it is not registered (Constitution Article 2).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Saga of Recluce: position 16 of 26: previous Mage-Guard of Hamor (2008) · next Cyador's Heirs (2014)
Sources
- L.E. Modesitt, Jr. official site: The Saga of Recluce
- https://kingofthenerds.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/review-arms-commander-by-l-e-modesitt-jr/
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