01783cam a2200325 4500 540520415 TxAuBib 20211227120000.0 210716s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021033414 9781250777409 HRD 29.99 1250777402 HRD 29.99 TxAuBib Modesitt, L. E., Jr., 1943-, (Leland Exton.) Isolate [BOOK] / L.E. Modesitt Jr.. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2021. 596 pages ; 25 cm. Grand illusion ; 1 "A Tom Doherty Associates book.". "Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath, are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political strategist of his party. When a respected Landor Councilor dies of "heart failure" at a social event, because of his political friendship with Obreduur, Dekkard and Ysella find that not only is their employer a target, but so are they, in a covert and deadly struggle for control of the government and economy. Steffan is about to understand that everything he believed is an illusion"-- Provided by publisher. 20211227. Bodyguards Fiction. Psychic ability Fiction. Conspiracies Fiction. Private security services Fiction. Political fiction. Fantasy fiction. Grand illusion ; 1.