02285cam a2200445 i 4500 605463080 TxAuBib 20220914120000.0 220224s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022008303 9781250814456 hardcover $29.99 1250814456 hardcover $29.99 (OCoLC)1263341897 TxAuBib rda Modesitt, L. E., Jr., author. Councilor / L. E. Modesitt, Jr. First Edition. New York : Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2022. ©2022. 514 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Grand illusion ; 2 "L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of Saga of Recluce and the Imager Portfolio, continues his brand new, gaslamp, political fantasy series with Councilor the thrilling sequel to Isolate. Continued poor harvests and steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers. Against this rising tide of social unrest, Steffan Dekkard, newly appointed to the Council of Sixty-Six, is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empaths. This makes him dangerous. As unknown entities seek to assassinate him, Dekkard struggles to master political intrigue and infighting, while introducing radical reforms that threaten entrenched political and corporate interests. The Grand Illusion Isolate"-- Provided by publisher. 20220914. Assassins Fiction. Corporate power Fiction. Industrialization Fiction. Manipulative behavior Fiction. Brainwashing Fiction. Politicians Fiction. Poverty Fiction. Abuse of administrative power Fiction. Revolutions Fiction. Social classes Fiction. Fantasy fiction. Political fiction. Grand illusion ; 2.