Imager's Battalion
core novel 2013 The Imager Portfolio
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (2,825 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 509 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765332837 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
Imager's Battalion picks up with Quaeryt still recovering from the costly battle of Ferravyl when Lord Bhayar selects him to lead history's first fighting force composed of Imagers into war against the neighboring land of Bovaria, in retaliation for Bovaria's attempt to annex western Telaryn. Quaeryt accepts the command with an agenda of his own: to prove the value of Imagers not merely as unconventional weapons but as legitimate soldiers and heroes, hoping that repeated battlefield successes will change how ordinary people and the powerful alike regard his kind. His task is complicated by court and military intrigue that follows him even to the front lines, as rivals and enemies continue to scheme against him while he leads his untested battalion into one costly engagement after another.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Imager Portfolio
- Series: The Imager Portfolio core; position 6 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 6 of 12: previous Princeps (2012) · next Antiagon Fire (2013)
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/imagers-battalion/
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