Legalist

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, continues the Grand Illusion, a gaslamp political fantasy series ( Isolate , Councilor , Contrarian ) with a prequel, Legalist . Fifty years after the establishment of the Imperium, and 450 years before the events of Isolate , 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. Dominic becomes