Princeps

The Imager Porfolio is a bestselling and innovative epic fantasy series from L. E. Modesitt, Jr. that RT Book Reviews says "shines with engrossing characters, terrific plotting, and realistic world-building." Continue the journey with Princeps.

After discovering a coup attempt and preventing a bloody civil war, Quaeryt becomes princeps of Tilbor. He is second only to the governor, and continuew to hide his powers as an Imager.

When the governor of Telaryn is killed in a devastating volcanic eruptions, Quareryt is dispatched to replace him and restor order to the chaotic and corrupt remains of the capital. a city filled with chaos and corruption, and do so quickly--a rival country sees an opportunity for invasion and conquest.

The Imager Portfolio
#1 Imager / #2 Imager's Challenge / #3 Imager's Intrigue / #4 Scholar / #5 Princeps / #6 Imager's Battalion / #7 Antiagon Fire / #8 Rex Regis / #9 Madness in Solidar / #10 Treachery's Tools / #11 Assassin's Price/ #12 Endgames

Other series by this author:
The Saga of Recluce
The Corean Chronicles
The Spellsong Cycle
The Ghost Books
The Ecolitan Matter