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Emberverse Series

15 primary works • 16 total works

Book 1

Dies the Fire
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3.92 · 17743 Ratings · 1668 Reviews · published 2004 · 33 editions
The Change occurred when an electrical storm cente…

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    Book 2

    The Protector's War
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    3.99     · 9406 Ratings · 392 Reviews · published 2005 · 32 editions
    It’s been eight years since the Change rendered te…

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    Book 3

    A Meeting at Corvallis
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    4.05     · 8147 Ratings · 327 Reviews · published 2006 · 35 editions
    In the tenth year of The Change, the survivors in …

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    Book 4

    The Sunrise Lands
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    3.92     · 6323 Ratings · 271 Reviews · published 2007 · 27 editions
    A generation has passed since The Change that rend…

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    Book 5

    The Scourge of God
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    3.94     · 5248 Ratings · 191 Reviews · published 2008 · 24 editions
    The Scourge of God is a novel of The Change series…

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    Book 6

    The Sword of the Lady
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    3.99     · 4929 Ratings · 202 Reviews · published 2009 · 27 editions
    Rudi Mackenzie ventures to post-apocalyptic Nantuc…

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    Book 7

    The High King of Montival
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    3.96     · 3899 Ratings · 203 Reviews · published 2010 · 23 editions
    “S. M. Stirling provides another fabulous postapoc…

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    Book 8

    The Tears of the Sun
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    3.89     · 3360 Ratings · 200 Reviews · published 2010 · 24 editions
    Rudi McKenzie-now Artos, the High King of Montival…

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    Book 9

    Lord of Mountains
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    3.88     · 2727 Ratings · 174 Reviews · published 2012 · 20 editions
    “[A] gifted author,”* S.M. Stirling created a fasc…

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    Book 10

    The Given Sacrifice
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    3.99     · 2351 Ratings · 206 Reviews · published 2013 · 14 editions
    Praised as a truly original combination of postapo…

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    Book 11

    The Golden Princess
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    3.90     · 1832 Ratings · 158 Reviews · published 2014 · 15 editions
    First novel of a new “Emberverse”/”The Change” tri…

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    Book 12

    The Desert and the Blade
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    4.09     · 1461 Ratings · 122 Reviews · published 2015 · 7 editions
    In his novels of the Change, New York Times bestse…

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    Book 13

    Prince of Outcasts
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    3.99     · 1176 Ratings · 118 Reviews · published 2016 · 9 editions
    A postapocalyptic landscape of medieval and mystic…

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    Book 14

    The Sea Peoples
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    3.75     · 989 Ratings · 118 Reviews · published 2017 · 8 editions
    S. M. Stirling’s Novels of the Change are a “truly…

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    Book 15

    The Sky-Blue Wolves
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    3.89     · 855 Ratings · 113 Reviews · published 2018 · 8 editions
    Many years ago, when advanced technology failed an…

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    The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth
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    4.13     · 707 Ratings · 75 Reviews · published 2015 · 8 editions
    ALL-NEW STORIES OF THE EMBERVERSE
    by S.M. Stirling,…

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