L. E. Modesitt Jr. bibliography

This is a complete list of works by American science fiction and fantasy author L. E. Modesitt Jr.

Set in the world of Erde, where song has magical power – and exacts a terrible price.

• The Soprano Sorceress (1997)
• The Spellsong War (1998)
• Darksong Rising (1999)
• The Shadow Sorceress (2001)
• Shadowsinger (2002)

Set on the world of Corus (or Acorus), where strange and dangerous beasts roam and people with magical Talent can perform astonishing feats.

• Legacies (2002)
• Darknesses (2003)
• Scepters (2004)
• Alector's Choice (2005)
• Cadmian's Choice (2006)
• Soarer's Choice (2006)
• The Lord-Protector's Daughter (2008)
• Lady-Protector (2011)^[6]

The Imager Portfolio is set on the world of Terahnar, where a small number of people are imagers, who have the power to create objects through visualization; if uncontrolled, imaging can lead to the death of the imager.

• Isolate (2021)^[8]
• Councilor (2022) ^[9]
• Contrarian (2023)^[10]
• Legalist (2025/2026?) Takes place more than 400 years before Isolate. ^[11]

Drawing on Norse legend, these books follow the story of the time-traveling Immortals of Query, and their two greatest heroes – who both save and doom their people

• The Fires of Paratime (1982; reprinted a The Timegod (1993))
• Timediver's Dawn (1992)
• Timegod's World (2001): Omnibus

In the far future, when Earth is a devastated ruin, an immortal is born, wishes one great wish, and takes on a great task

1. Dawn for a Distant Earth (1987)
2. The Silent Warrior (1987)
3. In Endless Twilight (1988)

• The Forever Hero (2000)—Omnibus, combines the above three books

1. The Ecolitan Operation (1989)
2. The Ecologic Secession (1990)
3. The Ecologic Envoy (1986)
4. The Ecolitan Enigma (1997)

• Empire & Ecolitan (2001) Omnibus of The Ecolitan Operation and The Ecologic Secession
• Ecolitan Prime (2003) Omnibus of The Ecologic Envoy and The Ecolitan Enigma

SF/spy stories, set in an alternate world

• Of Tangible Ghosts (1994)
• The Ghost of the Revelator (1998)
• Ghost of the White Nights (2001)
• Ghosts of Columbia (2005): Omnibus, combining Of Tangible Ghosts and The Ghost of the Revelator

• The Parafaith War (1996)
• The Ethos Effect (2003)

• Archform: Beauty (2000), ISBN 978-0-7653-0433-9
• Flash (2004), ISBN 978-0-7653-1128-3

• The Hammer of Darkness (1985), ISBN 978-0-380-89798-8
• Adiamante (1996), ISBN 978-0-312-86021-9. Review
• Gravity Dreams (2000), ISBN 978-0-312-86826-0
• The Octagonal Raven (2001), ISBN 978-0-312-87720-0
• The Eternity Artifact (2005), ISBN 978-0-7653-1464-2
• The Elysium Commission (2007), ISBN 978-0-7653-1720-9. Review
• Haze (2009), ISBN 978-0-7653-2302-6
• Empress of Eternity (2010), ISBN 978-0-7653-2664-5
• The One-Eyed Man: A Fugue, with Winds and Accompaniment (2013), ISBN 978-0-7653-3544-9
• Solar Express (2015), ISBN 978-0-765-38195-8
• Quantum Shadows (2020), ISBN 978-1-250-22920-5

• The Green Progression (with Bruce Scott Levinson) (1992)

• Viewpoints Critical (2008) – collection of short stories
• Recluce Tales (2017) - collection of short stories that take place in the Recluce world

• "The Great American Economy" (1973), Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, May 1973**
• "A House by Any Other Name" (1974), Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1974
• "Came the Revolution" (1977), Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1977
• "Iron Man, Plastic Ships" (1979), Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Oct 1979**
• "Power to...?" (1990), Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1990**
• "Reaction Time" (1978), Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1978
• "Rule of Law" (1981), Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 27, 1981**
• "Second Coming" (1979), Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Spring 1979**
• "Understanding" (2000), On Spec, Summer 2000**
• "Viewpoint Critical" (1978), Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1978
• "Precision Set" (2001), On Spec Spring 2001**
• "The Pilots (2002)", In the Shadow of the Wall: Vietnam Stories that Might Have Been (ed. Byron R. Tetrick)**
• "The Dock to Heaven" (2003), Low Port (ed. Sharon Lee & Steve Miller)**
• "The Swan Pilot" (2004), Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy (ed. Andrew M. Greeley)**
• "Fallen Angel" (2004), Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy (ed. Al Sarrantonio)**
• "The Swan Pilot" (2004), Emerald Magic (ed. Andrew M. Greeley; Tor Books)**
• "News Clips Recovered from the NYC Ruins" (2005), The Leading Edge, Brigham Young University Press**
• "Ghost Mission" (2006), from Slipstreams (ed. Martin Greenberg and John Helfers) (DAW Books)**
• "Sisters of Sarronnyn, Sisters of Westwind" (2006), Jim Baen's Universe, August 2006**
• "Spec-Ops" (2007), Future Weapons of War (ed. Joe Haldeman and Martin Greenberg; Baen Books)**
• "The Difference" (2007), Man vs. Machine (ed. Martin Greenberg and John Helfers; DAW Books)**
• "Black Ordermage" (2008)**
• "Beyond the Obvious Wind" (2008)**
• "Always Outside the Lines" (2008)**
• "Life-Suspension" (2009), Federations (ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books)
• "Astralis" (2009) Jim Baen's Universe January 2009
• "The Stranger" Speculative Horizons (ed. Patrick St-Denis) Subterranean Press 2010
• "New World Blues" Tor.com February 2012
• "The Bronze Man of Mars" 2012 Under the Moons of Mars (ed. John Joseph Adams) Simon & Schuster
• "A More Perfect Union" (2013), The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination (ed. John Joseph Adams)
• "Gold and Glory" 2017 All Hail Our Robot Conquerors (ed. Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier) ZNB Books
• "The Liberator" 2018 [The Razor's Edge] (ed. Troy Bucher and Joshua Palmatier) ZNB Books
• "The Fallen" 2020 Fantastic Hope (ed. Laurell K. Hamilton and William McCaskey) Berkley
• "Evanescence" 2020 Shapers of Worlds (ed. Edward Willett) Shadowpaw Press
• "The Unexpected Dachshund" Instinct:An Animal Rescuers Anthology (ed. L.J. Hachmeister) Source7 Productions

"Stories listed above marked with a double-asterisk are included in L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories (New York: Tor Books, 2008), ISBN 978-0-7653-1857-2. The three stories dated 2008 appeared for the first time in this book.

• Story Behind Antiagon Fire – "The Antiagon Fire That Almost Wasn't" (2013), from Story Behind the Book: Volume 1^[12]