The final two Imager Portfolio books are Assassin's Price (408 A.L.) and the prequel climax, Endgames. In 406 A.L., the books Madness in Solidar and Treachery's Tools follow the efforts of one Alastar to revitalize the decadent Collegium and the ineffectual role that imagers now play in an increasingly restless society faced by rebellious High Holders and their wont to turn back time, returning Solidar to an earlier era when their status was at the apex of the social order. The Lydar/Solidar chronology of the series restarts here at 0 A.L., with the founding of Solidar. In book 8, Rex Regis, Lord Bhayar consolidates the new empire, instituting the rule of law, accounting and standardized record keeping, while Quaeryt establishes the Collegium on Imagilse as a refuge for imagers. In book 7, Antiagon Fire, the battalion's increasing skill as imagers eventually prove pivotal to uniting the four fragmented kingdoms of Lydar into one country: Solidar. In book 6, Quaeryt begins to realize his dream of elevating the social status of imagers and giving them an essential role in society by: inducting, training and organizing a Imager's Battalion of imagers to resist an invasion from the east.

First Quaeryt is sent north to investigate and quell a rebellion, then he is sent to manage a recovery operation from a natural disaster as Lord Bhayar's Princeps, (book 5). Chronologically, this first story arc opens in the year 743 A.L., ( After Lydar).īooks four through eight are a prequel series story arc set circa -5 A.L., and introduce the character Quaeryt, an orphan raised and educated in the Scholarium (book 4: Scholar) who now advises his patron, Lord Bhayar, while hiding his socially reviled imager skills. The first three books in the series- Imager, Imager's Challenge, and Imager's Intrigue-follow the main character Rhennthyl, a portrait painter who discovers that he is an imager, one who can visualize objects into existence. With the exception of book 3, Imager's Intrigue, all of the action takes place on the island continent of Lydar, which is renamed to Solidar at the end of prequel book 7, Antiagon Fire. The series takes place on the fictional world of Terahnar. Tantor Audio employed William Dufris to narrate the series. The entire series is available in hardcover, mass market paperback, e-book (Kindle), Audible audiobook, and various other electronic formats.

The first novel, Imager, was first published in 2009 Endgames, the final volume, was completed in February 2019. The Imager Portfolio is a 12 book series of fantasy novels recently completed by American novelist L.

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