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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy S. M. Stirling's post-apocalyptic fiction.  It reminds me a bit of George R. R. Martin: you never know who's going to get killed off. I like that brutality and unpredictability.  <br/>I've been noticing for a couple of books now that the author's style seems to be changing.  He telegraphs a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70882905">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You know, this series has gone a bit far afield from the post-apocalyptic start, but it's still good.  I still love reading about Rudi and his fellowship, all the cultures they encounter, and their adventures.  This book didn't wind up the series, as I had thought, but I am hotly anticipating the ne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81968440">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was exactly like the last one.  I feel like the author found something that worked with the first change trilogy, and then, added on, yet, never really progressed.  It is predictable, and often times, boring.  All of the battle scenes are the same.  I kind of felt like, I'd make it two cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79510572">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was paced better than the previous book. It was also nice to see that older characters and storylines weren't so likely to be neglected in favor of Rudi's new allies.<br/><br/>But some of the heavy mysticism is really getting tedious. It's not that I object to it entirely, I just wish it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63398323">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet again was transported into a time where going cross country isn't as easy as hopping a plane. I had hoped that Rudi was going to come to some sort of conculsion with this book. That there would be an explanation of why and how the bright light 24 yr ago kicked society back to the stone age. And ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72850806">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh boy, this just came in from the Library. I love this series, even the the writing and whatnot does have its flaws.  Stay tuned for more.<br/><br/>As with the entire Change/Emberverse series, one must set the plausibility meter aside and just enjoy the ride. Great adventure. Mostly I love the st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80347904">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Solid continuation of the now six book series. 2500+ pages I'd strongly recommend this series, but start with <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6435062.Dies_the_Fire" title="Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling">Dies the Fire</a> or you'll be confused by the missing history.<br/><br/>This series is unique in SF as it is based on a 'new idea'.<br/><br/>No author beast Stirling in his ability to gener...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74979271">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book picks up where <em>The Scourge of God</em> ended.  Rudi acquires the goods for the Bossman of Iowa, frees his friends and endures Cutter attacks until he acquires the Sword of the Lady where of course the book ends on that high note.  Next book should see the return journey and maybe the defeat of C...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78303440">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really liked this book.  If you have enjoyed the world created by S.M. Stirling in Dies the Fire and the Sunrise Lands, you will definitely enjoy this.  However, I thought this was supposed to be the last in this series, and it seems to be set up for another three book series.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Slow going on this one.  Stirling's books are like that.  You have to slog through several chapters and then it starts getting good towards the middle and then thrilling to the end.  I am about ready for him to end this series.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was glad S.M. Stirling kept up the quick pace of the previous book. Although would like a little more info as to what was going on back in Oregon. Being part of a Viking Age group, I appreciated the Viking settlement in Maine.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a wonderful alternate history saga.  It interweaves the how to if it really would happen with alternate faiths and how it might work.  If you've never read alternate history this series is most believable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just when I thought this book was turning the series into a more traditional (albeit self-aware &amp; very well written) fantasy quest story...it <em>twists</em>. How long do I have to wait for the next one?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[How did I not review this right after I read it?  Was it so cool that it blew the part of my mind that deals with remembering to write reviews?<br/><br/>Or, more likely, this book kind of blended into the other ones of this series in a blur.  I was really hoping for some closure, but it looks like...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69564153">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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