A review by bibliophilelinda
The Sunrise Lands by S.M. Stirling

5.0

I was really excited to start on this next chapter of the Emberverse series and it doesn't disappoint! Rudy MacKenzie is finally all grown up and having his own adventures in pursuit of peace. Now that the Protectorate is essentially neutered, a new menace sets in to fill the vaccuum. Enter The Prophet, a faceless entity who rules the downtrodden and helpless by making them his slaves and imposing a bizarre religion with himself as the word of God. As the Prophets army spreads itself like a plague ruining trading routes and killing peaceful villages, the MacKenies, Corvallians and debunked Protectorate communities need to work together to fight this new threat. Fortunately, Ingolf Vogeler, a mercenary and metals dealer is not only betrayed by one of the Prophets men, but has an important dream about Rudy MacKenzie. He heads west and eventually is able to find the MacKenzie clan and relay his tale. Rudy, Ingolf, Matilda, Rudy's twin sisters and others set off to discover the meaning behind Ingolf's dream...a quest that includes plenty of fights with the Prophet's men, but is ultimately destined for the shores of Nantucket, the source of whatever caused the "Change" of 1998.