The sword of the lady : a novel of the change

Format:

Book

Title:

The sword of the lady : a novel of the change

Author:

Stirling, S. M.

ISBN:

9780451462909

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

vi, 484 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Series title(s):

Novels of the Change.

Summary:

Rudi Mackenzie has journeyed far across the land that was once the United States of America, hoping to find the source of the world-altering event that has come to be known as The Change. On the island of Nantucket he finds a beautifully made sword waiting for him -- and once he takes it up, nothing will ever be the same.

Subject(s):

Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction.

Science fiction, American -- 21st century.

Civilization -- Philosophy -- Fiction.

Genre:

Dystopias.

Alternative histories (Fiction), American.

Science fiction, American.

Science fiction.

Fiction.

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Monmouth Public Library	Fic (sf) Stirling, S. 2009	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Dallas Public Library	SF FANTASY Stirling, S. Sword	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Independence Public Library	SCIENCE FICTION - STIRLING	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Newberg Public Library	SCI-FI STIRLING	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Salem Main Library	SCI-FI Stirling, S.	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Sheridan Public Library	Stirling Change v.9	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

The New York Timesbestselling author continues his "epic of survival and rebirth" (Library Journal), chronicling a modern world without technology. Rudi Mackenzie has journeyed far across the land that was once the United States of America, hoping to find the source of the world-altering event that has come to be known as The Change. His final destination is Nantucket, an island overrun with forest, inhabited by a mere two hundred people who claim to have been transported there from out of time. Only one odd stone house remains standing. Within it, Rudi finds a beautifully made sword waiting for him-and once he takes it up, nothing will ever be the same...

Author Notes

Stephen Michael Stirling is a French-born Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author. His Birthday is September 30, 1953. He has lived in several countries and currently resides in the United States in New Mexico with his wife. He is probably best known for his Draka series of novels and his more recent time travel/alternate history Nantucket series and Emberverse series. In 2014 his title The Golden Princess made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Booklist Review

*Starred Review* Still trying to find out what's happening on time-displaced Nantucket (see The Sunrise Lands, 2007, and The Scourge of God, 2009), Rudi Mackenzie now bears the name Artos (one indication of the Change saga's affinities to the Matter of Britain, among other things). Like any hero-king, Artos must constantly fend off enemies and make new allies. His major enemy remains the Church Universal and Triumphant, whose leaders obviously wield extraterrestrial powers. His latest allies include Chicago gangbangers, Scandinavian farmers from Wisconsin, real Norsemen in Maine, and initially hostile Moorish pirates, in whose ships he finally reaches Nantucket. En route, he battles with every sort of post-Change (i.e., primitive ) weapon, rejoices in betrothal to Mathilde Armiger, and participates in elaborate Celtic rites. Finally on Nantucket, he finds time travelers, receives a Sword of Power, and learns of a war in heaven from characters of the original Nantucket trilogy (Island in the Sea of Time, 1998; Against the Tide of Years, 1999; On the Oceans of Eternity, 2000). This new novel of the Change is quite probably the finest by an author who has been growing in skill and imagination for more than 25 years. If one nonetheless boggles at the thought of several more volumes, be assured that Stirling's fantasy saga now ranks with Card's Hatrack River tales and Jordan's Wheel of Time among the best American examples of their kind.--Green, Roland Copyright 2009 Booklist

Library Journal Review

In a world where technology has been replaced by older powers, Rudi Mackenzie and his kinsman Edain, both of Clan Mackenzie, attempt a perilous journey across a changed North American continent, now populated by minikingdoms, bands of cannibals, and religious fanatics seeking the source of the event now known as "The Change." Verdict Stirling's latest addition to his popular "Change" series (Dies the Fire) follows Rudi's journey as he discovers a life-changing secret at the heart of the Change. Series fans should flock to this "hero's journey." (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.