The Sunrise Lands

Those who have enjoyed S.M.Stirling's novels about a Nantucket Island transported back to 2,000 B.C.E. know how well he handles the interface between modern and ancient technology. In *Dies the Fire*, he began a new series, in which technological man must survive without most of his technology. It's sociological science fiction, and the hardest of hard fantasy. These are great books for people who loved *Swiss Family Robinson*... Read Full Review

I have awaited the publishing of this book for months now, and I have to say, I am not disappointed. Stirling, as always, delivers tight, action packed prose that makes you eat up the pages like Halloween candy. For those of you not familiar with the series, I would direct you to Dies the Fire (Roc Science Fiction) first and its' two sequels. I would also point you to the tangentaly linked Island in the Sea of Time series... Read Full Review

I was sorry to see Stirling's Nantucket Series come to an end and have missed new books in the series. I also have been enjoying the current series of books, so am exceedingly pleased that Stirling is starting to draw the two storylines together in "The Sunrise Lands". It's also quite entertaining to see how Stirling has conceptualized the evolution of society decades after most technology has been rendered inert. Stirling... Read Full Review

Picking up a generation after the events of the first 'Dies the Fire' trilogy, this book(the first in a new trilogy) upholds and even improves upon the overall series! It is classic S.M. Stirling, maybe his best yet. Full of intense, well researched, action and adventure and including elements that verge almost into fantasy. I'm a huge fan of Stirling's, and this series in general, and this book doesn't disappoint. I cannot... Read Full Review