Dies the Fire (Emberverse Book 1)

Dies the Fire (Emberverse Book 1)

<b>S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling postapocalyptic saga set in a world where all technology has been rendered useless.</b><br /><br />The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable—and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face... <br />  <br /> Michael Pound was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane’s engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident.<br /><br /> Juniper McKenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Now, taking refuge in her family’s cabin with her daughter and a growing circle of friends, Juniper is determined to create a farming community to benefit the survivors of this crisis.<br />  <br /> But even as people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest...