The Ecolitan Enigma

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Macmillan, Sep 15, 1998 - Fiction - 384 pages

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.

A shocking novel of what could happen if the fanatical defense of the environment crossed the line into deadly terror. When environmental consultant Jack McDarvid's boss is killed in a shootout near the Capitol, McDarvid becomes enmeshed in a diabolical plot behind the scenes of the environmental movement.

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

Contents

• I: 14
• II: 20
• III: 22
• IV: 25
• V: 31
• VI: 39
• VII: 48
• VIII: 52
• IX: 73
• X: 90
• XI: 106
• XII: 109
• XIII: 113
• XIV: 127
• XV: 151
• XVI: 158
• XVII: 166
• XVIII: 172
• XIX: 187
• XX: 191
• XXI: 206
• XXII: 209
• XXIII: 221
• XXIV: 232
• XXV: 235
• XXVI: 245
• XXVII: 247
• XXVIII: 250
• XXIX: 263
• XXX: 273
• XXXI: 276
• XXXII: 286
• XXXIII: 288
• XXXIV: 293
• XXXV: 296
• XXXVI: 301
• XXXVII: 308
• XXXVIII: 311
• XXXIX: 313
• XL: 318
• XLI: 322
• XLII: 328
• XLIII: 334
• XLIV: 337
• XLV: 350
• XLVI: 352
• XLVII: 355
• XLVIII: 357
• XLIX: 360
• L: 364
• LI: 370
• LII: 376

Popular passages

Page 7 - Though fraud in other activities be detestable, in the management of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes an enemy by fraud is as much to be praised as he who does so by force.

About the author

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., is the bestselling author of the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce, Corean Chronicles, and the Imager Portfolio. His science fiction includes Adiamante, the Ecolitan novels, the Forever Hero Trilogy, and Archform: Beauty. Besides a writer, Modesitt has been a U.S. Navy pilot, a director of research for a political campaign, legislative assistant and staff director for a U.S. Congressman, Director of Legislation and Congressional Relations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a consultant on environmental, regulatory, and communications issues, and a college lecturer. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Ecolitan Enigma; Book 4 of Ecolitan Matter, L. E. Modesitt; Tom Doherty Associates book
• Author: L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1998
• ISBN: 0812571177, 9780812571172
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera; Fiction / Thrillers / Technological