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A review by baronessekat
The Sunrise Lands by S.M. Stirling
4.0
22 years after the Change (a phenomenon where all electronics, machines and anything requiring an explosive nature - firearms and combustion engines) all suddenly stopped working), and the world is starting to somewhat settle into the new "norm".
Sword for hire, Ingolf Vogeler finds himself having recurring dreams after visiting the strange area around Nantucket Island. These dreams driving him across the country to what was the Portland, Oregon area to meet up with the group known as the Mackenzie clan. There he finds Rudi Mackenzie, son and heir of the Clan Chief and Priestess and knows he's found the person he must escort back to Nantucket.
Rudi, having been told since birth that he was destined for something great, now understands that the "something great" means having to leave home with this strange Easterner. He takes with him a strange group... his twin half sisters who were raised in a community that venerates the works of Tolkein and treat his books as histories and use Elvish as their main language, a dear friend who is the Royal Princess of the Portland Protectorate (a community created around the Society for Creative Anachronism) and this Easterner. Along the way they encounter folks of the Reunited States of America (military from the former USA who are trying to bring the country back together). The USA folk and Rudi find themselves both being the focus of the Church Universal and Triumphant, or CUT, a theocratic community lead by a power crazed Prophet, who seems determined to end both groups.
Even though this is book for of the Change World series, this is the first book in the second trilogy and I had no problem with reading this book, even though I have not read the first trilogy. I captured my attention and ended in such a way that I definitely want to continue to see what happens next.
Sword for hire, Ingolf Vogeler finds himself having recurring dreams after visiting the strange area around Nantucket Island. These dreams driving him across the country to what was the Portland, Oregon area to meet up with the group known as the Mackenzie clan. There he finds Rudi Mackenzie, son and heir of the Clan Chief and Priestess and knows he's found the person he must escort back to Nantucket.
Rudi, having been told since birth that he was destined for something great, now understands that the "something great" means having to leave home with this strange Easterner. He takes with him a strange group... his twin half sisters who were raised in a community that venerates the works of Tolkein and treat his books as histories and use Elvish as their main language, a dear friend who is the Royal Princess of the Portland Protectorate (a community created around the Society for Creative Anachronism) and this Easterner. Along the way they encounter folks of the Reunited States of America (military from the former USA who are trying to bring the country back together). The USA folk and Rudi find themselves both being the focus of the Church Universal and Triumphant, or CUT, a theocratic community lead by a power crazed Prophet, who seems determined to end both groups.
Even though this is book for of the Change World series, this is the first book in the second trilogy and I had no problem with reading this book, even though I have not read the first trilogy. I captured my attention and ended in such a way that I definitely want to continue to see what happens next.