Assassin's Price
core novel 2017 The Imager Portfolio
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.34 (1,260 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765390479 |
| Internal chronology | 11 |
Synopsis
Set in Solidar six years after the failed High Holder uprising, this eleventh volume of the Imager Portfolio shifts focus to Charyn, the heir to the rex, who is kept apart from real power even as he tries to educate himself for eventual rule. When Jarolian privateers begin menacing Solidar's shipping lanes, an assassination attempt is made against Charyn's younger brother, and threatening messages demand that the rex build more warships or see further violence visited on the royal family. Charyn must work to understand statecraft, finance and the machinery of Solidar's government while the threat to his family and the kingdom's shipping grows, all while his father continues to hold him at arm's length from decisions that increasingly concern him directly.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Imager Portfolio
- Series: The Imager Portfolio core; position 11 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Notes
- From the series record (The Imager Portfolio): Twelve novels across three story arcs (Rhennthyl's, then Quaeryt's, then Alastar and Prince Charyn's) set in one continuous world and timeline, treated as a single series rather than a multi-series world.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Imager Portfolio: position 11 of 12: previous Treachery's Tools (2016) · next Endgames (2019)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imager_Portfolio
- https://www.lemodesittjr.com/the-books/imager-portfolio/
- https://www.lemodesittjr.com/the-books/imager-portfolio/assassins-price/
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