how's colours of chaos?
i got given the white order ages ago, and from all i've investigated from everything else in the series, it's really bloody confusing as to what book comes where chronilogically
I liked Colours of Chaos more than The White Order, but its really just one story split in two, chronicling Cerryl's rise from peasant boy to high wizard of the white order and his unique view on order/chaos because of his love for a black mage.
From what I've gathered from the wiki, Modesitt Jr just does what strikes his fancy, fleshing things out in the backstory or moving forward, but he insists the series is best read in publication order rather than chronologically. I've only read 4 of the books, Fall of Angels, The Chaos Balance, and the two about Cerryl, and it was neat seeing how things happen in FoA and CB, then seeing the exerpts in the Cerryl books detailing the history written by the white mages about how Nylan, the main character in FoA and CB, was this horrible evil person who destroyed a bastion of peace and harmony.