I had only minutes to get a sense of each book's story and whether I might enjoy it, since there was an entire store selling everything off, and this book intrigued me for its post-apocalyptic theme, and since it was a series, I got the first four.
I'm happy to report that Dies the Fire is a good book, with a well written tale, intelligently laid out by S. M. Stirling, an author who's new to me and who obviously documented himself at length when writing to ensure the events described would be plausible.
In a nutshell, some unknown event causes electricity and gunpowder to no longer work. All of a sudden, humanity is thrown several centuries back in time, and only the smart and the strong will be able to survive this new way of life.
There are two main threads that follow Mike Havel, a former US Marine, and Juniper Mackenzie, a folk singer and Wiccan Priestess, as they form their own very different communities to try and adapt to this new way of life. They both will have to deal with bands of marauders and a very evil guy to takes over the city of Portland and calls himself The Protector.
It's not really a light, leisurely read, given the themes, but it's enjoyable if you like the genre.
Grade: 7
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