Review: Scholar
As a long-time fan of Modesitt’s Recluse Series, I immediately picked up the Imager series when it first became available, and I've been collecting (and reading, and re-reading!) the books as they are released. The first three books in the Imager series tell that story of Rhennthyl, an Imager at the Collegium of Imagisle in Solidar. Book Four of the Imager series, Scholar, takes us back before the time of Rhenn, before Solidar was created, to the land of Telaryn. This is my review of Scholar.
Quaeryt is a scholar and friend to Lord Bhayer, having shared teachers with the lord when they were both young. When Quaeryt is unable to provide a good answer for why it still takes so many soldiers to keep peace in a land conquered a decade before, Quaeryt finds himself on route to Tilbor. Even before arriving in Tilbor, his route is full of adventure, complete with a shipwreck and poisoning, with even more adventure and intrigue waiting for him in the Palace of Tilbora. Quaeryt also have a dangerous secret: he is an Imager.
I really enjoyed this book… while I enjoyed the Recluse novels, it is great to see a world with more shades of gray, instead of everything being black & white, good & evil. The Imager series brings us into a world where people are more realistic, with good and bad intertwined. It’s also interesting to see the world before Solidar was united, before Imagers were protected and brought together. There is enough development for both major and minor characters for you to either love – or hate – the characters, and the plot includes both adventure and intrigue.
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