The Scourge of God: A Novel of the Change (Change Series) | S.M. Stirling

The Scourge of God: A Novel of the Change (Change Series) | S.M. Stirling | Surprisingly fresh

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	The Scourge of God: A Novel of the Change (Change Series) S.M. Stirling Roc Hardcover, 2008 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

?A stunning continuation?(Diana L. Paxson, author of Ravens of Avalon) of the New York Times bestselling author?s ?splendid saga? chronicling an alternate world without technology.

Rudi MacKenzie continues his trek across the land that was once the United States of America. His destination: Nantucket, where he hopes to learn the truth behind The Change that rendered technology across the globe inoperable.

During his travels, Rudi forges ties with new allies in the continuing war against The Prophet, who teaches his followers that God has punished humanity by destroying technological civilization. And one fanatical officer in the Sword of The Prophet has been dispatched on a mission?to stop Rudi from reaching his destination by any means necessary.

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Woo another awesome instalment of the Change Series. If you love Alternative History and Action and Great World Building visit the Changeverse!

Surprisingly fresh

The second entry in this part of the sunrise lands remains fresh despite being many books into the telling of this saga. The characters continue to develop well and I enjoy Mr. Stirling's literary style. I have to admit with each installment I anticipate the next even more. The story, with it's mutiple threads remains intertwined well and it remains easy to follow the characters. The different parts maintain good continuity with each other and the character motivations and actions remain very believable.

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A Great Addition to Stirlings Change Series

S.M. Stirling hooked me with his first novel of the Change series "Dies the Fire". Stirling does an outstanding job of describing what might happen should all of our technology cease to function; no electricity, gasoline powered engines, and more importantly gun powder no longer functions. In the earlier novels he skates around the "why's" and goes right to the "How do we function now"? How do his characters survive; and what type of government will function in a world without technology? The answer is simple. Man returns to his tribal roots and a feudal system of governance fills the void.

While the first novels were about survival and war and the Earth's rise of the nerds (Witches with pretend Irish/Scot accents, people that believe they're elves from a Tolkien novel and recreations are the new leaders), "The Scourge of God" is about Spiritual beliefs, prophets and messiah's. Stirling seems to be taking a page right from Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Now that man can again feed himself, he is searching for spirit and a reason for being. The world is beginning to change into a place of magic. Does the magic create the new beliefs and Gods, or does the belief itself create the magic? We don't know yet, but it will be interesting to find Stirlings views on this in his upcoming novels.

I found the "Scourge of God" to be a great read with plenty of action and hints at things to come. I anxiously await Stirlings next novel of the change.

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a good read

SINCE IT IS AN ADVENTURE SCIENCE FICTION BOOK, THE HEROES WILL ALWAYS PERSEVERE AGAINST GREAT ODDS AND AT THE END WILL REACH THEIR GOALS. WHAT MORE CAN A READER WANT ?. MR. STIRLING IS AN EXCELLENT WRITER IN THIS ESCAPIST GENRE.

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