Wellspring of Chaos
Saga of Recluce #12
LE Modesitt Jr
Fantasy
3 stars
400 pages
Kharl the cooper saves a neighbors daughter from rape. Then he saves a young black staffer from Recluce. The man he thwarts is the son of the local lord. Kharl’s consort is killed, his sons leave him and his cooperage is taxed out of his control. He leaves, learns some about Order on his own and helps a ruler from being displaced. Gets lands and a title in another land. Probably going to be a sequel about him going back to his land and giving justice. This was the most “novel” of them to date. Not much repetition and noise words.