The Sunrise Lands (Emberverse Book 4)

I read reviews & websites advising this was the 1st in the series and could be read without prequils. WRONG. I was miserable with all the characters, locations, cults, jumping from one to another, confusing, so I finally read the "to be continued" ending. Glad I didn't read the whole book. The sequel has very bad reviews so be warned. Island in the Sea of Time series was great, but this 20 years later series about the rest of US is just fan fodder. Sterling's off my author's list now.

This book was a fitting transition from "Meeting at Corvalis". I got a little bogged down in Corvalis. The book is a nice beginning to your typical go destroy the big bad guy story. Well worn but still interesting. The only problem I had with this book was that the author took several hundred pages to cover only about a hundred miles or so of a transcontinental journey.

I came off reading the first trilogy wanting more. What would the future be like for the Bearkillers, the Mackenzies, and the Association? In this continuing series set a generation after the third book we find new and old characters and a glimpse into a world of paganism, military dictatorships, and influencial cults.

This series takes a LOTR turn in the fact of the quest that the company starts out on towards Nantucket. There is also mysticism and prophecy that gives this new series a different edge and more violence and action for those (including me) who wanted more out of the past series.

All the twists and turns and unexpected events make this an excellent start to what will be a fantastic series.

Well-written with lots of action and intrigue. I don't believe that such religious/cultural diversity would occur so quickly in such a changed world, but other than that, quite plausible. Unfortunately, this is an adult book with lots of profanity. There is lots of violence (and some mild sexual innuendo) also, which doesn't bother me as much as the profanity. I wish modern science fiction authors would keep the rising generation in mind. There are too few well-written and thought-provoking science fiction novels these days that I'd recommend to teenagers, simply because of the extreme profanity.

The Sunrise Lands, the first book in the second trilogy of the "Dies The Fire" series begins with quite a stirring backstory. The newcomer from the East allows us our first real glimpse into the the rest of the remnants of the USA. I am not going to give away many plot points here so let me just say, if you liked the first three books, you'll like this one.

The book ends in a cliffhanger and leaves you wanting more. In a year, we'll see what unfolds in the next book. Rudi has quite a quest ahead of him and this book ends with us quite a way off from his goal. I look forward to the rest of the story....

The fourth novel in the Change series is surprisingly refreshing. I just began reading the series last year and read most of it straight through. I was dismayed at the anti-climactic ending of the original Change series. But the Sunrise Lands breathes new life into the land by aging characters and introducing new protagnosits and antagonists that fit, and an actual quest that makes sense. Stirling did what many authors fail to do in a series, he was able to start again and create a new generation by building on, and not losing, what has already happened before. I cannot wait for The Surge of God to find out what happens next.

The original premise if the series was what kept me reading throughout the first three books. But Stirling has continued to impress! Anyone who wanted more literary merit in his work got what they were looking for and those that wanted the same fantastic attention to detail got it! (his renditions of hand to hand fighting and blades are breathtaking and, as a old short sword and buckler practitioner myself,spot on perfect) The CUT and all the new stuff, as well as a ton of the old, is all there in every page turning event!

A worthy beginning to the second trilogy in the McKenzie/Bearkiller/Protectorate saga; the only bad thing is having to wait for the next book. The "Cutters" are marvelous villians (although they may "CUT" a little too close to home for the hyper-religious right).

Very very disappointing. I loved all the Nantucket and Willamette books, but this has seriously lost its way. Swathes of padding to get it up to trilogy pt 1 length, with a plot scheme that is so obviously based on FotR that nudge nudge references to it don't undermine the sense of ripoff / sour taste. End of book one and the party of nine are defeated and three of them captured ... come on ...

Very very disappointing. I loved all the Nantucket and Willamette books, but this has seriously lost its way. Swathes of padding to get it up to trilogy pt 1 length, with a plot scheme that is so obviously based on FotR that nudge nudge references to it don't undermine the sense of ripoff / sour taste. End of book one and the party of nine are defeated and three of them captured ... come on ...

I mostly enjoyed the Lord Protector trilogy as I am interested in how people would react to the collapse of civilization. I liked the series enough to overlook the blatant slavery, rape, killing and other mayhem that Sterling feels is necessary to his books. I am mature enough to know that the events related in the book would not be resolved without such. As a Viet Nam era Marine I am no stranger to death and suffering.

However, when I was introduced to the new enemy in "The Sunrise Lands" I had an inkling of what was going to transpire. I skipped ahead a little after reading about 1/4 of the book and was dismayed to find that death and torture were being dished out for the apparent joy of it.

If you like reading about the SS death squads in Eastern Europe during WW II, or are glued to your TV when so-called journalists give the details about the latest terrorism acts against civilians (especially children), then you will enjoy this novel.

Otherwise I suggest you read some sci-fi that is more intellectually stimulating. As for me, I stopped reading the book and took it back to the library.