Empress of Eternity
Take an artifact, an impossible artifact from the far, forgotten past, mix well with time condensed into event points throughout the universe, sprinkle with the forces of good which battle evil so deprived as to be incomprehensible, then spread it lightly upon known reality that alters as you look at it.  A good read.     gmb 5/24/20
Canals, Technology and civilization, Revolutions, Climatic changes, Fiction
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
L. E. (Leland Exton) Modesitt, Jr. is an author of science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts, lived in Washington, D.C. for 20 years, then moved to New Hampshire in 1989 where he met his wife. They relocated to Cedar City, Utah in 1993.