A review by bibliophilelinda
A Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Stirling

5.0

What an awesome, yet bittersweet ending to the first Emberverse series. Incredible how much I've become addicted to this story. It truly is one of the better sci-fi (though, admittedly, not much sci-fi stuff has happened yet outside the actual change) series I've ever read. Clan MacKenzie and the BearKillers continue to protect their hearth and home from the Lord Protectors association. Matilda and Rudi, rather predictably, become best friends and endure the back-and-forth capture and recapture game between their parents.The battle's heat up until, finally, a coalition of MacKenzie's, BearKiller's, and the Corvallians confront the Protectors association in an attempt to end the frequent skirmishes and drive the Protector's army underground for awhile. One of my favorite points to this book is that Lady Sandra Arminger's character commands a bit more attention. We experience her more fully outside the simply smart concubine role and more as a devious, self-serving sidekick with the actual brains that run the Protector's association.