I listened to most of the book, waiting for something exciting to happen, and I finally gave up, it just was too tortuous to keep listening to Kirby Heyborne drone on and on, with no emotion or variety in his tone.

There were details, details and more details about Dorin's every day actions, which might have been slightly interesting at first, but became incredibly boring as the book went on, and on, and on. The book is long on detail, but short on anything interesting. Unfortunately, I have completely lost interest in Recluse after trying to listen to this one. This is my first book review, but I just had to say something! I have enjoyed other Modesitt books, including the Soprano Sorcerer books, the two Imager books, and the first two Recluse books, including Magic of Recluse and Towers of Sunset. What disappointed you about The Magic Engineer? I'm a Modesitt fan, but I couln't finish this one. It's still worth a credit but don't expect to be surprised or wowed. This is a good book, but nothing spectacular. The narrarator also did far less sound effects which is a great relief and hence a bit higher score. This can be a bit confusing, but it is handled much better than in the second novel. This book takes place some time after the second book but well before the events in the first. Once again the series skips around in time. The story is engaging and well-written but I have to take away stars for lack of originality. The names and some events change a bit, but ultimately all three books in this series so far are pretty repetitive. The hero is sent away from recluse and has to figure out where he fits in the scheme of things by traveling the rest of the world. That being said, the story is almost exactly the story of the first book. If you liked the first two books in the series then you will enjoy this book. Ok, but basically a copy of the other books

The Magic Engineer by L.E. Modesitt Jr.