Series: Emberverse
by Author S.M. Stirling
The Protector's War (2006)
I think it's largely a case of middle book syndrome because while I enjoyed the book I didn't really care about it. It was mostly just setting the stage for A Meeting at Corvallis. As a medievalist who is getting more and more into the re-enactment side of things I think I enjoy these books so mu...
Dies the Fire (2005)
The Given Sacrifice (2013)
This was my first acquaintaince with The Change series, but the series' tenth book, so my review has that giant caveat. Stirling was pretty good about cluing me into the past histories, enough that I know a Big Change occurred which destroyed all computers, possibly all machinery. The US broke in...
The High King of Montival (2010)
This is a book in S.M. Stirling's "Emberverse" series. I really enjoyed the first three books in this series - a vision of a future Earth in which an unexplained event has removed all modern technology from the world; electricity, the combustion engine, even steam power no longer work in this alt...
The Tears of the Sun (2011)
Better than the previous...but not really all that compelling. The plot advanced some. I'm not sure I like that almost everyone has accepted the "woo-woo" by now; it was more interesting when there were some hard-core skeptics.More practically, a lot of the novel is back-fill- more detailed accou...
Lord of Mountains (2012)
First successful battle of new Montival Kingdom against CUT/Boise alliance, not really anything surprising. Other reviews have mentioned how it felt padded and it does. Way too much on the clothing, etc. and little plot development. The magic sword and underlying mysticism is pretty lame and f...
Lord of the Mountains (2012)
I read this (and will read the next and last for the same reason) due to momentum, I tend to have trouble letting go of stories I've gotten into. And while Stirlings first books, and the companion Nantucket books are engrossing. This one was decidedly not. Containing mostly descriptions and a bit...
The Sword of the Lady (2009)
I found this book lying around, and thought I'd try something new. S.M. Sterling's The Sword of the Lady is in some ways, something very new. And rare.Usually when you pick up an epic fantasy six books into the series, you really have no idea what's going on. I didn't feel lost here, which was ni...