{"product_id":"councilor-the-grand-illusion-book-2","title":"Councilor (The Grand Illusion, Book 2)","description":"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. Welcome to the Grand Illusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContinued poor harvests and steam-powered industrialization displace and impoverish thousands. Protests grow and gather followers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis makes him dangerous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Grand Illusion\u003cbr\u003eIsolate\u003cbr\u003eCouncilor\u003cbr\u003eContrarian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eThe Imager Portfolio\u003cbr\u003eThe Corean Chronicles\u003cbr\u003eThe Spellsong Cycle\u003cbr\u003eThe Ghost Books\u003cbr\u003eThe Ecolitan Matter","brand":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - Signed","offer_id":45588968734919,"sku":"P8081S","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0077\/9010\/0553\/files\/marissasbooksandgifts-9781250814456-councilor-the-grand-illusion-book-2-1194088439.jpg?v=1758579646","url":"https:\/\/marissasbooks.com\/products\/councilor-the-grand-illusion-book-2","provider":"Marissa's Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}