The Sword of the Lady (Emberverse Series #6)

by S. M. Stirling

Overview

“This new novel of the Change is quite probably the finest by an author who has been growing in skill and imagination for more than twenty-five years.” – Booklist (Starred Review)

            Rudi Mackenzie has journeyed long and far across the land that was once the United States of America, seeking the shore where the sun rises, hoping to find the source of the world-altering event that has come to be known as the Change.
           
His quest ends in Nantucket, an island overrun with forest, inhabited by a mere two hundred people, who claim to have been transported there from out of time. Only one odd stone house remains standing. Within it, Rudi finds a beautifully made sword seemingly waiting for him.
           
And once he takes it up, nothing for Rudi—or for the world that he knows—will ever be the same…
 
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101135587
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/25/2009
Series:	A Novel of the Change , #6
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	672
Sales rank:	190,206
File size:	829 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

S. M. Stirling is the New York Times bestselling author of many science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Novels of the Change (including Prince of Outcasts, The Desert and the Blade, The Golden Princess, The Given Sacrifice, Lord of Mountains) and the Shadowspawn series (A Taint in the Blood, The Council of Shadows, Shadows of Falling Night).

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This new novel of the Change is quite probably the finest by an author who has been growing in skill and imagination for more than 25 years." —-Booklist Starred Review

Editorial Reviews

Rudi Mackenzie 's quest to find and reverse the source of the calamitous changes that have affected the whole world brings him to Nantucket, his final destination. Totally transformed, this island is now covered by forest and inhabited by a few hundred stragglers, all of whom claim to have been transported there from out of time. In an isolated stone house, Rudi discovers what will be a weapon and a sign of his mission. The fifth, linchpin novel in S. M. Stirling's Chang cycle.

In a world where technology has been replaced by older powers, Rudi Mackenzie and his kinsman Edain, both of Clan Mackenzie, attempt a perilous journey across a changed North American continent, now populated by minikingdoms, bands of cannibals, and religious fanatics seeking the source of the event now known as "The Change." VERDICT Stirling's latest addition to his popular "Change" series (Dies the Fire) follows Rudi's journey as he discovers a life-changing secret at the heart of the Change. Series fans should flock to this "hero's journey."

Library Journal

Absolutely stunning work [that] proves again why people say that Stirling is the best postapocalyptic writer today.” – Bitten by Books

“Well written…a good tale.” -  SFRevu

“This new novel of the Change is quite probably the finest by an author who has been growing in skill and imagination for more than twenty-five years.” – Booklist (Starred Review)

From the Publisher