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L. E. Modesitt, Jr. is the bestselling author of over twenty-five novels encompassing two science-fiction series and two fantasy series, as well as several other novels in the science fiction genre. Modesitt has been a delivery boy; a lifeguard; an unpaid radio disc jockey; a U.S. Navy pilot; a market research analyst; a real estate agent; 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 and writer in residence. In addition to his novels, Modesitt has published technical studies and articles, columns, poetry, and a number of science fiction stories. His first story was published in 1973. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.
Octagonal Raven
Someone is trying to kill Daryn Alwyn. Born to privilege, with pre-selected genetic advantages and the best nanotech augmentation his father's fabulous money can buy, Daryn spurned the lucrative family Media Network to seek his own path, a crafty raven among soaring eagles. After serving with distinction as a space pilot in the military, he enjoys success as a media consultant. But when he finds himself the target of sophisticated murder attempts, his world is turned upside down. It seems unlikely his success outside the family business could have inspired such expensive assassination attempts, and his father and brother and sister would be more obvious targets within the family. Then his sister is killed, and Daryn is her heir --- suddenly one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. Modesitt's new SF thriller lays bare the prejudices of the powerful in a fascinating future society, and reads like an express train.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Summer Reading List
Guns, Germs, and Steel
by Jared Diamond
Really good description of the interplay of climate, geography, animal domestication, crops--and how they affected human and cultural development.
Against the Gods
by Peter L. Bernstein
How the development of risk calculations affected and aided the development of civilization.
A Witness to Life
by Terrence Green
Just a good novel by an outstanding writer.
I Dare
by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
The latest hardback in the Liaden universe.
Summers at Castle Auburn
by Sharon Shinn
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