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Isolate
A Fantasy Novel by L. E. Modesitt Jr.
Book 1 of the The Grand Illusion Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Gaslamp,
- Political Fantasy,
- Industrial Fantasy,
- Espionage Fantasy,
- Conspiracy
This book is for you if you're into...
- Gaslamp fantasy with political intrigue and industrial-era unrest
- Security specialists navigating empathic powers and covert government threats
- Plots where immunity to mind control changes the game
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of The Mongrel Mage, has a brand new gaslamp political fantasy, Isolate.
Industrialization. Social unrest. Underground movements. Government corruption and surveillance. Something is about to give.
Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath, are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party.
When a respected Landor Councilor dies of "heart failure" at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they, in a covert and deadly struggle for control of the government and economy.
Steffan is about to understand that everything he believed is an illusion.
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