S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the New York Times best-selling post-apocalyptic 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 Havel 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 Mackenzie 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....

Performed by Scott McCormick, Patrick Bussink, Nora Achrati, Laura C Harris, Marty Lodge, Bill Gillett, Dave Jourdan, James Lewis, Lawrence Redmond, Andy Brownstein, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer, Chris Davenport, Scott Bruffey, Ken Jackson, Shayna Small, Andrew Quilpa, Eva Wilhelm, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Matthew McGee, Jacob Yeh, Steven Carpenter, Dani Stoller, Evan Casey, David Harris, Colleen Delany, Marni Penning, Nick DePinto, Kimberly Gilbert, Catherine Aselford, Karen Novack, Michael Glenn, Elizabeth Jernigan, Dylan Lynch, Richard Rohan.

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Listening Length	6 hours and 44 minutes
Author	S. M. Stirling
Narrator	full cast, Scott McCormick, Patrick Bussink, Nora Achrati, Laura C Harris, Marty Lodge, Bill Gillett, Dave Jourdan, James Lewis, Lawrence Redmond, Andy Brownstein, Terence Aselford
Audible.ca Release Date	November 02 2020
Publisher	GraphicAudio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Original recording
Language	English
ASIN	B08MBCP2GJ
Best Sellers Rank	#162,571 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #422 in Alternate History Science Fiction #2,001 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #2,695 in Alternate History

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P. Foster

One of the best and most moving post apocalyptic/alternate world novels.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 28, 2022

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A great story based on a wild premise. Engaging heroic characters and truly evil bad guys. A novel subtle take on sword and sorcery in a changed modern world.

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Gamelin61

Definitely worth reading

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 22, 2021

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There are some really good books on “the time after” some great apocalypse. This is a good one indeed. If the series is as good as this first book, then I will have some enthralling tales to catch up on! Strong characters, good action, great descriptive writing.

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Stacy Bruce

i really enjoyed this

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 16, 2021

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I find the book very well written, a good imagination to come up with the storylines and also evidence of a lot of background research, and I look forward to the other books in the series

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A solid read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 19, 2015

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This book is better written than almost anything in the post-apocalyptic genre which is not a high bar to reach. The story is more fantasy than sci-fi with an interesting set up and decent plot. It is a fun book in many ways and an easy read. Despite the set up being rather novel there is nothing really new here and I did not feel the characters or the writing were strong enough to bring it up to four stars. I will probably read more in the series and would recommend this to sci-if and fantasy readers with the caveat that it may not thrill you.

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Jackie Adams

Not all fiction is pure fiction...

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 11, 2020

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This is book is a fantastic read about society changing, as it is right now. So read on and then choose your community wisely. Stirling had great future sight.

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A. Johannes

Great beginning to a fun series

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 9, 2019

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This is the third time reading this first book. The characters are great and I like how this renewed post-apocalyptic culture combines the practical, social and spiritual. Juniper and her daughter are two of my favourite characters in literature.

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Elaine

Looking forward to the next book in the series.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 12, 2018

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Looking forward to the next book in the series. I only wish they'd stepped back on the religion back story.

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Peter Schotch

Good start

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 19, 2016

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A good but not great start to a fantasy series. The later volumes become choked with patience trying descriptions which come thudding out like stuffed bison (to steal a phrase. )

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limner

A disappointing start to a trilogy.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 13, 2019

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This is the first of the fifteen Change series of books by S.M. Stirling. I like the alternative history genre of fantasy, having been stopped in my tracks by Keith Roberts "Pavane" many years ago and gone on to discover many other fine writers using this form. I had read an excellent short story by him set in this world and had great hopes for this book that had been well reviewed.
Unfortunately they were dashed. This is a terribly uneven book. Just when you are being drawn into the narrative everything screeches to a halt when Stirling inserts an enormous dollop of his research and describes something (usually weaponry) at inordinate length. Worse still his idea of a Scot or a British character does not seem to have been researched to the extent of meeting any, leading to some dreadful characterisation and cringe-making dialogue.
This is a pity, since the central conceit is interesting and parts of the book are gripping. I hope that this may be merely a shaky start as I ordered the trilogy, so hope it improves in later volumes, which is possible I suppose.

Leven1

The Only Book of the Series Worth Reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 23, 2016

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The first and best of the trilogy. For (thankfully unexplained) reasons all technology stops working putting the world in a new dark age. This includes cars and guns etc. The novel tells the story of various characters and how they cope with the new world. While I enjoy this type of story generally, this series falls into many of the same pitfalls many of these types of novels do. By ridiculous coincidence the "goodies" manage to get together, form groups without any internal disputes over membership/leadership, manage to have all the necessary resources and skill sets required for living in a world without machinery, manage to only take good people with required skills and no one leaves or tries to take power and they manage to stay away from the general carnage that is all around them. The author cannot bear to part with his characters so none of the main characters die over the course of the 3 books until the very end of the 3rd. Don't get me wrong I am able to suspend belief for a good story (and this is a good story in the beginning) but I found it difficult to get through these especially towards the end. There is little action but what there is you already know outcome. The "goodies" have the best fighters, strategists and due to there lack of pomposity will always think of a way to win against the odds due to the "baddies" arrogance. The characters are all sterotypes the hero, the matriarch, the thinker, the fighter, etc etc. Early on in the story there are some good exciting and vaguely believable scenes but all too quickly it transforms into nonsense. Very detailed nonsense but nonsense all the same. Very disappointed as his guy has written many many books in the series and I had hoped it would be a world I could immerse myself in. Despite on some level, wanting to know how the world develops I won't read further than the first 3 books as I would a little more realism. Even in my fantasy.

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Darwen71

Was this written by Alan Partridge?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 13, 2022

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Drivel, written by somebody far more obsessed with his survivalist knowledge than by the quality of his writing. Terrible dialogue, ridiculous two-dimensional characters and far too much description (excessive use of adjectives is the ultimate crime against good writing). A perfect example of all the worst tropes of post-apocalyptic fiction and definitely one for people who hate literature. By the way, this Penguin edition varies considerably from the Audible audiobook, if you are planning to read and listen in tandem.

Marcus Woodhouse

Not as good as I hoped

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 20, 2022

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I found the premise totally unconvincing. No explanation for why all the trappings of modern life fail. It is obviously just in order to set up a swords and sorcery world. It's lucky that the hero is an all round expert. Its not badly written or anything, I was just not able to suspend belief.

BrodieM11

Prepare for armageddon. It is coming

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 31, 2021

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World without combustion. A must read

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