The Towers of the Sunset
Written by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Narrated by Kirby Heyborne
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About this audiobook
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is the bestselling author of the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce, Corean Chronicles, and the Imager Portfolio. His science fiction includes Adiamante, the Ecolitan novels, the Forever Hero Trilogy, and Archform: Beauty. Besides a writer, Modesitt has been a U.S. Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant and staff director for a U.S. Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.
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Reviews for The Towers of the Sunset
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I've generally liked the Recluce series, amd while other readers obviously disagreed, I thought this was the best of the series. It is set in a jarringly different world than that of the first book, and it takes quite some time to figure out that this second book is a prequel set in the very distant past (although later books in the series will go back even earlier in history, again in a surprising direction). The use of present tense is unusual, but didn't really bother me. In Modesitt's world characters make difficult choices and have to live with the consequences. Much of the this author's work seems to have an underlying sense of sadness, and I thought it rang true for the two main characters in The Towers of the Sunset.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Book isn't the best, in fact the relationship stuff is tedious and an unfortunate caricature, but is interesting in terms of adding more depth to the world. Please note that this audiobook is glitchy. Multiple chapters are cut off early or abruptly mid-word. I don't even know if I heard the whole chapter or not. You can tell this is not a true digital copy. It's a recording of CDs with all the possible issues of that medium.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This is the book that made me almost give up on Recluce before I started. It's written in present tense, which is true of many of the books in the series, but is particularly jarring here. Creslin's a bit of a cipher, when he's not whining, and Megaera only stops whining to throw a tantrum. The worldbuilding is scanty, and Creslin is so powerful he sucks all of the drama out of the action scenes. There are a couple of nice moments, but on the whole this is my least favorite of all the Recluce novels.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Both this and The Magic of Recluce read very much like first novels—there's potential, but they're not polished. I enjoyed Magic of Recluce, but I wasn't ready to get out of that part of the chronology... though I was grateful for having fewer sound effects.This book seemed like there was a story that Modesitt wanted to get out, but it didn't happen very well. I didn't feel like the world had been fleshed out enough for a backstory (yet), and I spent most of the book wanting to sock the main characters.I did not enjoy the florid song lyrics (also, no reliable meter? sigh), nor did I enjoy the sound effects. Both are very distracting. Calling women "bitches" more often than not? C'mon, Modesitt, you're an author. Surely you have better words... or you can at least mix it up once in a while. To be fair, all of these complaints hold for the first book as well.The story overall I ended up liking more as time went on. Still not as interesting as Magic, but it was a nice mental break. I'm glad to see that the third book draws more on the background provided in this book, so we'll see how the rest of the series plays out.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great adventure and fun world. I do feel like there are some dry sections but likely others might find those the best parts. Great read expecially if you liked the first book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An interesting look back into the past to the founding of Recluse. As is usual with his books, this is all about strong characters and the law vs. chaos trials they go through.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good, but the first volume is the best.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very entertaining but also very mysterious ,not easy to follow