The Chaos Balance
core novel 1998 The Saga of Recluce
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.00 (5,698 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 596 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312863890 |
Synopsis
The Chaos Balance, the seventh novel in L. E. Modesitt Jr.'s Saga of Recluce, follows on directly from the events of Fall of Angels, as the engineer and smith Nylan leaves the matriarchal "angels'" plateau sanctuary together with the healer Ayrlyn and his young son, hoping to build a quieter, more peaceful life away from the conflicts that shaped their earlier struggle for survival. Their hopes for peace are complicated by the fact that their distinctive skills in engineering, healing and order magic are valuable and hard to hide, and word of their abilities begins to draw unwanted attention. First published in 1998, The Chaos Balance belongs to the The Saga of Recluce series.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Saga of Recluce
- Series: The Saga of Recluce core; position 7 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 7 of 26: previous Fall of Angels (1997) · next The White Order (1999)
Sources
- L.E. Modesitt, Jr. official site: The Saga of Recluce
- https://www.lemodesittjr.com/saga_recluce/chaos_balance.html
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