The Ecolitan Enigma
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Publisher Description
L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s science fiction novels have been pleasing readers for nearly two decades. Among his earlier novels were three books set in the future universe of the Ecolitan Institute. Now Modesitt returns to that world to tell another story of cultural conflict and interstellar diplomacy. The Ecolitan Enigma is sure to thrill his old fans and win new ones.
Nathaniel Firstborn Whaler is an Ecolitan, both a professor at the Institute and a field agent with extraordinary powers. Sent to a backwater colony planet nominally to determine its economic viability, Whaler evades assassin's bullets only steps from the spaceport. He soon uncovers evidence that the planet will become the flashpoint for interstellar conflict between two empires, with each prepared to blame the Ecolitan Institute should war break out. Whaler must do everything in his power to stop what might become the worst disaster in human history.
And Nathaniel whaler just may have more power than any man in the galaxy.
"This highly charged novel contains all the ingredients of a political thriller."--Library Journal
Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Saga of Recluce
The Imager Portfolio
The Corean Chronicles
The Spellsong Cycle
The Ghost Books
The Ecolitan Matter
The Forever Hero
Timegod's World
Other Books
The Green Progression
Hammer of Darkness
The Parafaith War
Adiamante
Gravity Dreams
The Octagonal Raven
Archform: Beauty
The Ethos Effect
Flash
The Eternity Artifact
The Elysium Commission
Viewpoints Critical
Haze
Empress of Eternity
The One-Eyed Man
Solar Express
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Best known for his popular Recluse fantasy series, Modesitt harkens back, after seven years, to the setting of his Ecolitan Matter SF series (The Ecolitan Succession, 1990, etc.). Ecolitan Institute economist and sometime intelligence agent Professor Nathaniel Firstborn Whaler survives a sloppy assassination attempt and is sent to a distant colony world with Sylvia Ferro-Maine, the ex-Imperial agent he recruited on his last job. Though their official task is to evaluate the planet's economic viability, they're soon involved in the political intrigue occasioned by the colony's strategic location between several interstellar powers. Deftly dodging attempts on their lives, Nathaniel and Sylvia discover evidence of a dangerously unbalanced economy and civil unrest in the colony, a tense situation that seems destined to touch off an interstellar war. The only way to forestall a tragic conflict is to undertake a dangerous mission against one of the best-defended military bases in known space. In this exciting SF adventure, Modesitt puts his characters through all the right paces, creating a rising tension that's sure to keep action-oriented readers nailed straight through to the explosive conclusion.
