S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of
the New York Times bestselling postapocalyptic saga set in a world
where all technology has been rendered useless.
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...
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.
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.
But even as people band together to help one another, others are
building armies for conquest...