{"product_id":"legalist-a-novel-in-the-grand-illusion-9781250385758","title":"Legalist: A Novel in the Grand Illusion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, continues the Grand Illusion, a gaslamp political fantasy series (\u003ci\u003eIsolate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCouncilor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContrarian\u003c\/i\u003e) with a prequel, \u003ci\u003eLegalist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifty years after the establishment of the Imperium, and 450 years before the events of \u003ci\u003eIsolate\u003c\/i\u003e, Dominic Mikail Ysella--ancestor of Avraal Ysella--is the grandson of the last king of Aloor. Stripped of most of their land, Dominic, as the third son, must support himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDominic becomes a legalist and is elected to the Imperial Council quietly working as an isolate, someone unreadable by government telepaths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid a time of a crumbling imperial line, Dominic must build a coalition within the Council and quietly draft a new constitution to save the Imperium from itself. Uncovering rampant corruption, graft, and potential to be arrested for treason, Ysella discovers any number of ways that simple legal specialist in water rights could get himself killed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Grand Illusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsolate\u003cbr\u003eCouncilor\u003cbr\u003eContrarian\u003cbr\u003eLegalist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eThe Imager Portfolio\u003cbr\u003eThe Corean Chronicles\u003cbr\u003eThe Spellsong Cycle\u003cbr\u003eThe Ghost Books\u003cbr\u003eThe Ecolitan Matter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL. E. MODESITT, JR. is the author of more than eighty books--primarily science fiction and fantasy--including the long-running, bestselling series the Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, as well as a number of short stories. \u003ci\u003eLegalist\u003c\/i\u003e is the fourth book in his Grand Illusion series \u003ci\u003e(Isolate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCouncilor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eContrarian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635542950162,"sku":"9781250385758","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd42defa-bf9f-4ec7-a291-179ec9240abd.jpg?v=1759241949","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/legalist-a-novel-in-the-grand-illusion-9781250385758","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}