Emberverse series

## Genre Information

Alternative History
post-apocalyptic

Dystopia

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## About the Series

* **Genres:** Alternative History, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
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## Series Description

**The Emberverse series** — or **Change World** — is a series of post-apocalyptic alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling. The novels depict the events following a mysterious — yet sudden — worldwide event called "The Change" that occurs at 6:15 pm Pacific Standard Time, March 17, 1998. The Change alters both the course of history and all physical laws when it causes all the electricity, firearms, explosives, internal combustion engines, steam power and most forms of high-energy-density technology on Earth to permanently no longer work. Most of the action in the series takes place in the Willamette Valley of Oregon in the United States. The series primarily focuses on how the characters survive the loss of 600 years of technological progress. The first book, *Dies the Fire*, concerns the conflicts between a Portland-based neo-feudalist dictatorship and the free communities of the Willamette Valley, primarily the Bearkillers and the Wiccan Clan Mackenzie. The later series, *The Change*, focuses on the now-adult children of the original trilogy's major characters. A third sub-series, beginning with *The Golden Princess*, with the grandchildren of the original survivors as the central characters. The Emberverse is closely related to the preceding Stirling Nantucket series. Both deal with the aftermath of The Change, though its effect is radically different in the two series.

## Books in order

1. Dies the Fire (Emberverse Book 1) (2004)
2. The Protector's War (Emberverse Book 2) (2005)
3. A Meeting at Corvallis (Emberverse Book 3) (2006)
4. The Sunrise Lands (Emberverse Book 4) (2007)
5. The Scourge of God (Emberverse Book 5) (2008)
6. The Sword of the Lady (Emberverse Book 6) (2009)
7. The High King of Montival (Emberverse Book 7) (2010)
8. The Tears of the Sun (Emberverse Book 8) (2011)
9. The Lord of Mountains (Emberverse Book 9) (2012)
10. The Given Sacrifice (Emberverse Book 10`) (2013)
11. The Golden Princess (Emberverse Book 11) (2014)
12. The Desert and the Blade (Emberverse Book 12) (2015)
13. Prince of Outcasts (Emberverse Book 13) (2016)
14. The Sea Peoples (Emberverse Book 14) (2017)
15. The Sky-blue Wolves (Emberverse Book 15) (2018)

### Collection

* The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth (Emberverse Stories) (2015)

## Book Descriptions

Dies the Fire (Emberverse Book 1) (2004)
shows the effects on the planet—a world Nantucket left—of something called "The Change". Electricity, guns, explosives, internal combustion engines, and steam power no longer work. The series mostly deals with the Willamette Valley area of Oregon, with some description of the United Kingdom. After describing how people in those places survive the loss of 600 years of technological progress, the primary focus of this series turns to a conflict between a Portland-based neo-feudal dictatorship created by a sociopathic history professor, and the free communities of the Willamette Valley, most notably the Wiccan Clan Mackenzie and a group led by a former Marine, the Bearkillers.
The Protector's War (Emberverse Book 2) (2005)
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A Meeting at Corvallis (Emberverse Book 3) (2006)
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A second series, set 22 years after the Change, and now concluded, focuses primarily on the conflict between the Willamette communities, now united, and the evil Church Universal and Triumphant (the CUT)

The Sunrise Lands (Emberverse Book 4) (2007)
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The Scourge of God (Emberverse Book 5) (2008)
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The Sword of the Lady (Emberverse Book 6) (2009)
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The High King of Montival (Emberverse Book 7) (2010)
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The Tears of the Sun (Emberverse Book 8) (2011)
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The Lord of Mountains (Emberverse Book 9) (2012)
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The Given Sacrifice (Emberverse Book 10`) (2013)
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A third series, set a generation later chronicles the adventures of Órlaith Mackenzie, the daughter of the High King and an attack from a reborn Empire of Korea in the Californian colonies of Montival. The series was intended as a trilogy, but has now expanded into a tetralogy and will chronicle Orlaith's adventures to find the Grass Cutting Sword before the forces of Montival go overseas to battle the evil of the Empire of Korea.

The Golden Princess (Emberverse Book 11) (2014)
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The Desert and the Blade (Emberverse Book 12) (2015)
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Prince of Outcasts (Emberverse Book 13) (2016)
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The Sea Peoples (Emberverse Book 14) (2017)
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The Sky-blue Wolves (Emberverse Book 15) (2018)
The conclusion of *The Sword of the Lady* offers a sort of explanation for the Change, which includes what appear to be Swindapa and Marian Alston, major characters from the Nantucket trilogy.
Further, the short stories "A Murder in Eddsford" (2008) and "Something for Yew" (2007) are also set in this universe, taking place in post-change Britain. The short story "Ancient Ways" (2010) takes place in Central Asia 57 years after the Change.
Additionally in 2015 an anthology series called *The Change* was released containing stories by numerous authors set in the world of the Emberverse.