A great! Peak-Oil worriers will enjoy the Change series!

Life is about change. if life where to be the fast paced expectations that you have, then sorry sometimes it slows down. I am waiting to read this book and you should understand that sometimes what is takes an interlude and it soulds like this book does. A lot of this series revolves around pagan, wicca, and spirit and if you do not follow the trad then you will be disappointed and its about slow down occasional. For me I find this series quite invigorating and would be willing to live in it as I do understand the story line. As it is said in the life of this series, Merry Meat and Merry Parting until Merry met again and blesed be to all Lady Wren

Continuation (probably like the 7th or 8th book) in S.M. Stirling's series about life after the 'Change' in North America (no old technology works anymore). I liked Tears of the Sun much better then the High King of Montival (the last one). While the action is again limited, it was nice to have the focus switch away from the quest for the sword. I also liked how the book jumped around from preparations and early skirmishes again the CUT and with what was happening back in Montival while the quest was going on over a period of 2 years. Can't wait for this series to continue!

I've been reading the series since the beginning and must say its all gone downhill since Rudi's father was killed. Since then its been almost nothing but meaningless random character dialogues interspersed with poetry and song. Take this latest book for example. What happens from page 1 to the end? Rudi gets married, someone tells a flash back story, dozens of pages of poetry and song, some random friction between trivial characters. The story was exciting when the collapse was explained and the characters built up. They built their compounds, had some conflicts, etc. You had a feeling of knowing the characters and you became attached to them. Now you do not get any feeling whatsoever other than a strong urge to yawn. I would only recommend this as a sleeping aid.

In contrast to earlier fast-paced books in the series, this one is plodding and goes off on a number of tedious tangents. I had eagerly awaited this as the last book to tie everything together. Alas, not so. There will be yet more book(s) before a conclusion is reached. Even so, a reasonable read.