{"product_id":"legalist-a-novel-in-the-grand-illusion-9781250385772","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, quietly working as an isolate, someone unreadable by government telepaths, must navigate a period of political upheaval and a sudden list of dead, high-ranking officials to stave off the collapse of the Imperium. \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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250385772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576","brand":"L. E. Jr. Modesitt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801255211189,"sku":"9781250385772","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/legalist-a-novel-in-the-grand-illusion-9781250385772","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}