Dies the Fire
by:
S.M. Stirling (author)
The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable. What follows is the most terrible global catastrophe in the history of the human race-and a Dark Age more universal and...
show more
The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable. What follows is the most terrible global catastrophe in the history of the human race-and a Dark Age more universal and complete than could possibly be imagined. "Dies the Fire kept me reading till five in the morning so I could finish at one great gulp..."—New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove
show less
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451460417 (0451460413)
ASIN: 451460413
Publish date: September 6th 2005
Publisher: Roc
Pages no: 573
Edition language: English
Series: Emberverse (#1)
It’s been a while since my last apocalypse (not counting The Walking Dead on AMC, naturally), so it was with anticipation that I opened Dies the Fire. While it scratched some of those survivalist itches, unfortunately, when I finished, I felt nothing but relief. And not the good kind. Actually, I...
The book revolves around an interesting question; What if technology and gunpowder stopped working? Well of course the obvious answer is all hell would break loose. Dies the Fire sets up the world that will continue through several titles and introduces us to the 2 groups the series will be followin...
What happens when one day the combustion engine, electrical systems and gunpowder stops working? When American society implodes? This is the story of what happens then. A story of a few different groups who form when society breaks down, some people use the opportunity to fulfil their wildest dre...
4.5Un gran flash de luz -(que nunca es explicado)- deja al mundo sin tecnología, electricidad, combustión interna, ni armas de fuego. Situado en un E.U. moderno, los aviones caen, los autos se detienen y hay caos. Una cantante de la onda folk-céltica, Juniper Mackenzie, en un momento de inspiración ...
If you like a certain kind of old school speculative fiction in the Niven/Pournelle/etc. vein, full of Mary Sues and leaden dialogue and lots of ideas, this is probably great. I've realized I'm done with that. If the idea of SCA members, pagan covens and manly outdoorsmen surviving in a world where ...
Log in with Facebook 
