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…
The Sword of the Lady: A Novel of the Change (Change Series)
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"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." ---Booklist Starred Review
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S. M. Stirling is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy novels, including the popular Nantucket series that began with Island in the Sea of Time and, more recently, Dies the Fire and The Protector's War. A former lawyer and an amateur historian, he lives in the Southwest with his wife, Jan. Todd McLaren was involved in radio for more than twenty years in cities on both coasts, including Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. He left broadcasting for a full-time career in voice-overs, where he has been heard on more than 5,000 TV and radio commercials, as well as TV promos; narrations for documentaries on such networks as A&E, Discovery, and the History Channel; and films, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
With this book, S.M Stirling has moved back to the excitment of his earlier works of the Novels of the Change. I found the previous two, The Sunrise Lands, and The Scourge of God a bit tedious and overlong. However in this one, Rudi and his crew have a pretty straight line quest of getting to Nantucket and recovering the Sword of the Lady. The writing is tight and to the point with relatively few digressions. The conclusion is interesting and ties up some things from the original Island in the Sea of Time series of books. Not wanting to provide a spoiler I will not comment further on this except to say it was unexpected and, in the context, very relevant. I am very much looking forward to the next book in the series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I wanted to like this series, but the author works hard to make it impossible. Frequent breaks in the narrative - often in the middle of some action sequence - are annoying. Even more annoying are the incessant breaks from the narrative to describe EVERYTHING - the buildings, the scenery, the smells, the food, a character's thoughts - so often that the thread of the narrative is lost (especially in the audio version). The story of Rudi going to Nantucket to retrieve a sword moves with such a glacial pace that I wonder if he ever gets there. I know that rebuilding a society after such a large disaster takes time, but there are unnecessary delays in this story, especially after how fast Ingulf made it east in the first book.
The narrative actually gets very confusing at one point - no doubt because of the author's constantly shifting point of view. When Rudi returns with the wagons, there's a battle, then suddenly a feast, then suddenly another battle in which someone is killed. The whole sequence just makes no sense.
Apart from this, the whole notion of such a society developing after only 20 years is simply unbelievable. Kilt-wearing Irishmen speaking Gaelic and Elvish (from the Lord of the Rings); castles built by devotees of the Society for Creative Anachronism; whole people groups reverting to "wildmen" status with new dialects - these happen too fast to be believable: one generation after "The Change".
The books could have used a better editor. I kept finding myself thinking, "Who is this guy now? When did that happen?" despite the author's frequent (too frequent) references to other events. I wanted whole paragraphs and pages cut out so he could GET ON WITH THE STORY.
Maybe it's just me, not liking sword and (supposed) sorcery...
The narrative actually gets very confusing at one point - no doubt because of the author's constantly shifting point of view. When Rudi returns with the wagons, there's a battle, then suddenly a feast, then suddenly another battle in which someone is killed. The whole sequence just makes no sense.
Apart from this, the whole notion of such a society developing after only 20 years is simply unbelievable. Kilt-wearing Irishmen speaking Gaelic and Elvish (from the Lord of the Rings); castles built by devotees of the Society for Creative Anachronism; whole people groups reverting to "wildmen" status with new dialects - these happen too fast to be believable: one generation after "The Change".
The books could have used a better editor. I kept finding myself thinking, "Who is this guy now? When did that happen?" despite the author's frequent (too frequent) references to other events. I wanted whole paragraphs and pages cut out so he could GET ON WITH THE STORY.
Maybe it's just me, not liking sword and (supposed) sorcery...
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is part three of a trilogy and it is a gripping, good read. However, it all ends very abruptly at the end. Perhaps it is a lead to a new trilogy but this is not clear. So the trilogy starts well and builds well but ends in an unsatisfactory manner. One can guess at the likely outcomes given the ending but one cannot be certain.
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