Dies the Fire
by:
S.M. Stirling (author)
It all started when an electrical storm over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash, causing all electronic devices to cease to function-computers, telephones, engines, radio, television, even firearms-and plunged the world into a darkness humanity was unprepared to face. But...
show more
It all started when an electrical storm over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash, causing all electronic devices to cease to function-computers, telephones, engines, radio, television, even firearms-and plunged the world into a darkness humanity was unprepared to face. But even as some people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest...
show less
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780451459794 (0451459792)
ASIN: 451459792
Publish date: August 3rd 2004
Publisher: Roc Hardcover
Pages no: 496
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 
