Imager's Challenge
core novel 2009 The Imager Portfolio
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.13 (6,366 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 464 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765321268 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Imager's Challenge is the second book of the Imager Portfolio, continuing directly after Rhennthyl's admission to the Collegium of Imagisle in L'Excelsis. Now a newly trained imager still learning the limits of his dangerous ability, Rhenn must adjust to life within the insular world of the Collegium while navigating the political currents that run through the wider city of Solidar's capital. Five years later, as depicted in the following book, he has risen to Civic Patrol Captain, but this volume covers the intervening period in which he sharpens his imaging skills and is drawn into the kind of factional intrigue and danger that come with being one of the city's most closely watched and least understood residents.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Imager Portfolio
- Series: The Imager Portfolio core; position 2 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 2 of 12: previous Imager (2009) · next Imager's Intrigue (2010)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imager_Portfolio
- https://www.lemodesittjr.com/the-books/imager-portfolio/imagers-challenge/
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