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“[A] gifted author,”* S.M. Stirling created a fascinating neo-medieval world in his Novels of the Change where the remnants of humanity struggle to survive in a post-technological environment. Now, the New York Times bestselling epic continues as a king faces a challenge beyond the battlefield…
Rudi Mackenize, now Artos the First, High King of Montival, and his allies have won several key battles against the Church Universal and Triumphant. But still the war rages on, taking countless lives, ravaging the land once known as the United States of America. Artos and his Queen, Mathilda, must unite the realms into a single kingdom to ensure a lasting peace.
If the leaders of the Changed world are to accept Artos as their ruler, he will need to undertake a quest to the Lake at the Heart of the Mountains, and take part in a crowning ceremony—a ceremony binding him to his people, his ancestors, and his land.
Then, once he has secured his place and allegiances, Artos can go forward, and lead his forces to the heart of the enemy’s territory…
*San Francisco Book Review
S. M. Stirling is the author of numerous novels, both on his own and in collaboration. A former lawyer and an amateur historian, he lives in the Southwest with his wife, Jan.
Anonymous
Posted December 12, 2012
With each passing book in the series, Stirling seems to add more and more description for no other reason than to write the words. How many ways can you describe a glade, an outfit, etc. Ughhh... it is exhausting. The story starts a glacial pace, spurts briefly, then slows again, including an ridiculously long "dream sequence" that takes forever to get to the point. I came close more than once to putting it down and calling it quits, but I have invested a lot in the story and had to see where it went, however slowly it may have moved.
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Posted September 28, 2012
This series has gone downhill fast. Most of the book is just one giant recap of the last 8. What a waste of time. I feel like the author is just milking what was a great story line to just squeeze one more out.
5 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted December 26, 2012
I have loved this series but as other reviewers have stated, it is getting repetitive and nothing is happening. This book and the previous book cover the same material over and over again. When I realized I had reached the end of this book I had a, "but nothing happened!" moment. The series deserves a better end than this slow boring winding down.
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Posted October 12, 2012
I just finished all the books in the series. Couldn't put it down!
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Posted October 5, 2012
Keeps you turning every page k
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Posted October 1, 2012
great book!!!
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Posted March 13, 2013
I love these books, and will probably keep reading them, just to find out how it ends. My complaint is that they are getting so caught up in little details and you finish the book with the feeling that nothing has happened. Come on, Stirling! Don't be like Jordan and die before you tell us the end, or make me wish that the next book was by Brian Sanderson, just so things will get moving again.
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Posted January 22, 2013
It was really fun for the first 5 books but has gone downhill from there, Repetative and boring. Too descriptive of scenes and just not much going on in the rest of the books. I felt auther was out of fresh ideas and just wanted to cash in on the first few books and I got duped into buying them based on the first 5. Tell the author future reads by him are not likely for me..
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Posted January 19, 2013
If you loved this series like i did then prepare for disapointment. And its soooo short.
Anonymous
Posted January 19, 2013
Name-Tag Delilah Foster. Age- 17 Height- About 5'8. Looks- Long brown hair with bright blonde streaks she usually keeps up in a messy bun or ponytail unless shes stressed out. She has bright green eyes that arent native to earth. She wears alot of graphic tees, but her favorite is her Captain America Sheild tee. She wears a jacket if its cold, and it looks like the top part of Captain America uniform, and when you pull up the hood, it looks like the helmet. She wears jeans or denim short shorts because they are easy to move around in. She wears black bloots that come just below the knee, or converse in the summer. Relationship- Wolf. Best Friends- Fang, Calla, Wolf, Storm, Logan, Batu, and Slenderman. Twinneh: Fang. Abilities/Hobbies-She likes almost everything but being on the ground. She loves the water, and she doesnt have to breath. It reminds her of where she came from. She is really smart, and love to invent and improve things. When she's out in the field, building or swimming, she's happy and brave and leader-like, but give some free-time on the ground and she tends to look a little lost. She also can fly planes and build them, all from scratch. She doesnt have any special powers besides the fact that she can make people have dreams or nightmares, and she can levitate things. Wolf form- Her wolf form mimics a fox's fur, but her eyes stay the same bright green. She is part of the Scarlet Letter pack, and Pluto is her wolf name. Past- She doesnt like to talk about it. End of story. Weapon of choice: Whip or Ray Gun that she built herself. Other: She loves to read ad watch movies, and her favorite food is smores.
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Posted December 3, 2012
I have enjoyed all of S.M. Stirling's books I have read & this one is no different.
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Posted November 9, 2012
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Posted November 1, 2012
This is not Sam
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“[A] gifted author,”* S.M. Stirling created a fascinating neo-medieval world in his Novels of the Change where the remnants of humanity struggle to survive in a post-technological environment. Now, the New York Times bestselling epic continues as a king faces a challenge beyond the battlefield…
Rudi Mackenize, now Artos the First, High King of Montival, and his allies have won several key battles against the Church Universal and Triumphant. But still the war rages on, taking ...