Acclaimed author L. E. Modesitt, Jr. continues his new Recluce story in <i>Mage-Guard of Hamor</i>, the second of two volumes set mostly on the continent of Hamor, far across the sea from Recluce, where the story began. &nbsp Rahl was a young apprentice on the island of Recluce sent to the mages training school for testing, then banished to Hamor.&nbsp His education now continues under dangerous circumstances.&nbsp In Hamor, his powers have increased, but so has the amount of trouble he attracts.&nbsp The whole society of Hamor is a new culture for Modesitt-and Rahl-to explore, one in which magic is a monopoly of the state.&nbsp Rahl is a mage now, powerful and still just as dangerous to himself and to others. This is the story of how he gains both more knowledge and power, and more self-control.