Outcasts of Order
core novel 2018 The Saga of Recluce
Record
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.31 (1,544 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 656 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250172556 |
Synopsis
Outcasts of Order, the twenty-first volume of the Saga of Recluce, follows directly on from The Mongrel Mage, finding the black mage Beltur and the smith Jorhan in the city of Elparta after Beltur's costly role in defending it from invasion. Together the two have begun reviving the long-lost craft of cupridium forging, a partnership beginning to bring them prosperity and, for Beltur, growing recognition alongside a promising bond with the healer Jessyla. That success draws unwanted attention: Elparta's ruling traders scheme to seize the profits of Beltur and Jorhan's work without paying them, a plot that gains force when an ambitious rival mage, jealous of Beltur's standing and his interest in Jessyla, allies with the traders against them. Stripped of their livelihood, the two craftsmen face the approaching winter as exiles from the city they helped save.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Saga of Recluce
- Series: The Saga of Recluce core; position 21 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 21 of 26: previous The Mongrel Mage (2017) · next The Mage-Fire War (2019)
Sources
- L.E. Modesitt, Jr. official site: The Saga of Recluce
- https://www.lemodesittjr.com/the-books/saga-recluce/outcasts-of-order/
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