Madness in Solidar
core novel 2015 The Imager Portfolio
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.24 (1,876 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 461 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765379863 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
Madness in Solidar shifts the Imager Portfolio forward nearly four hundred years after the founding of Solidar, introducing Alastar, newly elevated to lead the Collegium of Imagers following the sudden death of his predecessor. He inherits an institution in crisis: Rex Ryen, known widely as the mad ruler, along with the High Holders and the Marshal of the armies, are locked in a three-way struggle for power, and each faction threatens the Collegium with destruction if its Imagers do not lend their support. Alastar must confront these external threats while also reckoning with an institution that has grown complacent over the generations and lost much of the influence and discipline it once had, forcing him to reform the Collegium even as outside forces close in.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Imager Portfolio
- Series: The Imager Portfolio core; position 9 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 9 of 12: previous Rex Regis (2014) · next Treachery's Tools (2016)
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/madness-in-solidar/
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