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  <title><![CDATA[The Scourge of God]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;&#8220;A stunning continuation&#8221;(Diana L. Paxson, author of &lt;I&gt;Ravens of Avalon&lt;/I&gt;) of the &lt;I&gt;New York Times&lt;/I&gt; bestselling author&#8217;s &#8220;splendid saga&#8221; chronicling an alternate world without technology.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;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.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt; 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&#8212;to stop Rudi from reaching his destination by any means necessary.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">9</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[S.M. Stirling]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The hype has been pretty steady for S.M. Stirling as he has written eight different books based on one imaginary event: An as-yet unexplained 1998 event/explosion over Nantucket Island that seriously disrupted the planet – to the extent that 90% of the world’s population died when electric power...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39292357">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far, so good.  I am impressed that Stirling is putting his characters in real danger and letting them - even our favorites - get really hurt.  <br/>There have always been heavy religious elements to the &quot;Change&quot; books, but - ignoring the change itself - there's been little that is trul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50190551">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75906136">
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 27 11:17:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 27 11:25:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great &quot;Emberverse&quot; book &amp; another raiting that I wish that I could give an additional half star to... The action sequences and descriptions of the marial details are still engrossing. The characters are fun and the mythology that is being built is very interesting indeed. The impli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75906136">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63398602">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[More of the same from this series, though like the previous book, it ramps up the supernatural side of things. Much of Rudi's story in this one dealt with side quests and downtime. <br/><br/>I guess it's supposed to be part of his hero journey to make allies, but I'd prefer more resolution to earl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63398602">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55884844">
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  <read_at>Fri May 29 10:25:22 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 12 20:35:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 29 10:25:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Am almost done with this book 2 of the second trilogy. I got it in hardcover for my birthday. I'm sure to read it cover to cover again. absolutely love how the characters seem to be living and breathing.<br/><br/>something new in this book... that I never saw from Stirling before... He has made the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55884844">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66375863">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 07 19:47:49 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 05 20:04:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm having a harder time getting into this book than the previous Change novels.  I think it's because it starts right where the previous book left off and that was a pretty bloody ending.  Lots of violence right up front.  I'm still curious enough to want to see how he brings the story forward and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66375863">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73018362">
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The great appeal for me of the first three books in this series was following the natural (as opposed to supernatural) development of the characters and the societies they founded after the Change. Although the shift began in the previous book in the series, this novel introduces significant element...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73018362">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40348644">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[  The Change series continues as Rudy attempts to travel to Nantucket--where the Event that rendered modern technology useless supposedly originated--to retrieve a sword. His band was waylaid in Boise's fight with The Prophet and these crazy religious warriors track them on their journey to Lakota l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40348644">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65660765">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tia]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just re-read this to be prepared for The Sword of the Lady. <br/><br/>S. M. Stirling is a good writer, the world he has created in the &quot;novels of the change&quot; are rich and inspired. I love the fact that he actually seems to have researched pagan/wiccan traditions before going off and writ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65660765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76741347">
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 04 15:53:58 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stirling can't write a plot without a war.  This is, i think, the 8th novel of his that I've read, and while i'll almost certainly finish the series, The Sword of the Lady will probably be the last Stirling novel I read.  they're getting boring and predictable.  each series starts with a great intro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76741347">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38032703">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Nov 18 07:18:59 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The fifth book in the series of Dies the Fire, The Protector's War, A Meeting at Corvallis, and the Sunrise Lands. The first three book occur shortly after a cataclismic change occurs on Earth which results in a fundamental change in how people live and how society is organized. The fourth book and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38032703">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51933380">
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    <name><![CDATA[Topher]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 08 08:27:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tossing in the modernfantasy tag at this point, although as of this book, it is a still debatable point. Series focuses on survivors of an event (as yet unexplained) that causes all advanced technology (pretty much gunpowder on) to cease working. This is the 2nd book in the 2nd series, and focuses m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51933380">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32261764">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Addictive series with some deep questions about human civilization wrapped in a lot of action &amp; adventure. This is Book...5, I think, &amp; this one tipped too far into battle action, at serious expense to the characters and multi-layered societies he built so intricately in the first 3 books. Enough to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32261764">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65257327">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mathew]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[S. M. Stirling brings the heat once again in this second novel of The Change.  This is both an action novel as well as an imagination or fantasy novel and it pull sit off with success.  I did read the out of sequence and am now going to go back and read the first in the series.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book 2 of second series of the modern side of the Change (in which high energy technology and the ability to create it died). Great alternate history, and a great story. This volume is not as good as some of thew others in this series (or the Nantucket series, which involves the same Change catalyst...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32220563">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49730390">
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book reminded me of an episode of &quot;Lost.&quot;  You read it looking for closure.  Instead, you get a bunch of new characters, new storylines, and mythical or supernatural events.  Rather than answering any questions you have, it just leaves plot cliffhangers, loose ends, and new, unanswere...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49730390">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[  I've read all of the previous Novel's of the Change.  This one really does not advance the story and it moves much slower. It is still a good book but and I'm ready to see how the quest ends in the Sword of the Lady.<br/><br/>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Right, I love me some post-apocalyptic.  And despite some weird spiritual stuff in the beginning, the book didn't get too hung up on that.  More fairly over LoTR-questish stuff, but the fun is mostly in seeing all the cultures that popped up after The Change.  (Iowa, of course, did well, which I exp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71129862">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the penultimate book in this series and it expands the universe quite a bit.  I am anxiously awaiting the publication of the final volume in August.  If you like post-apocolyptic sci-fi, dive in.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series has gone from an 'end of the world as we know it' novel series to a quest series.  It just doesn't interest me at this time but is good enough that I will deep it in mind for another time.]]></body>
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