Lord of Mountains (Emberverse Series #9)

by S. M. Stirling

Overview

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....

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101605097
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/04/2012
Series:	A Novel of the Change , #9
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	380,518
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for S. M. Stirling and his Novels of the Change

“Stirling has blazed a clear comet trail across his postapocalyptic landscape that illuminates both the best and the worst of which our species is capable.”—Science Fiction Weekly

“Nobody wrecks a world better than S. M. Stirling, and nobody does a better job of showing that people remain people, with all their high points and low, in the wreckage.”—Harry Turtledove, New York Times Bestselling Author of Supervolcano

“[A] richly realized story of swordplay and intrigue.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Absorbing.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune

Editorial Reviews

A truly original combination of postapocalyptic sci fi and military-oriented medieval fantasy.”—Kirkus Reviews

“As usual, S. M. Stirling delivers a rich world readers want to live in.”—PNC–Minnesota Bureau

“A wondrous universe.”—Otherwhere Gazette
 
“The story line is fast-paced from the onset and never slows down.”—Genre Go Round Reviews

From the Publisher

Stirling (The Tears of the Sun, 2011, etc.) offers up the latest book in his long-running Change series, set in a post-apocalyptic yet distinctly feudal America. In Stirling's version of alternate history, a 1998 catastrophe known as the Change rendered electricity, explosives and other power sources useless all over the world. The chaos that followed caused much of the United States to devolve into a sword-and-arrow-wielding medieval society, with numerous independent small republics dotting the continent. In this latest installment, which takes place in 2023, 25 years after the Change, many peoples are at war with the Montana-based Church Universal and Triumphant. The high king of Montival, Artos (also known as Rudi Mackenzie), leads armies in violent skirmishes on the battlefield while wielding the powerful Sword of the Lady. Meanwhile, he also wields diplomacy as he aims to unite the disparate republics. Stirling has created a truly original combination of post-apocalyptic sci-fi and military-oriented medieval fantasy with this series and in the process, has built up a highly complex fictional universe with loads of characters and political intrigue. Unfortunately, although his battle scenes occasionally come across with a certain grandeur, Stirling's prose is more often flat, lifeless and full of stilted dialogue. His incredibly leisurely pacing, though perhaps in some ways appropriate to such a low-tech setting, will be frustrating to some readers. That said, many of those dedicated fans who have followed the series thus far will likely be satisfied with this latest. A slow-moving chapter in the Change saga.

Kirkus Reviews