Inspired by Melthrist, A book Suggestion: Dies the Fire, by S. M. Sterling
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:17 pm
I just wanted to throw out a suggestion for a book/series that I think many people on this board would enjoy: Dies the Fire, by S.M. Sterling, and also its sequel, The Protector's War.
As a quick synopsis, one evening, all modern technology inexplicably ceases to function. Electricity no longer flows, gunpowder and gasoline burn only sluggishly, and even steam pressure loses its motive force.
Our main characters are among the few survivors of the subsequent mass chaos and loss of human life--without cars, guns, or TV, modern society quickly collapses and famine, barbarism and strife tear apart our sometime civilization.
Spears, bows and swords are suddenly thrust back into prominence as quasi-feudal tribes begin to congeal out of the shreds of America, both noble and sinister.
Of special interest to this forum is one particular tribe who has an almost religious reverence for a certain pre-event book. They are scouts and hunters with unparalleled skill who amongst themselves speak a language unknown to outsiders. They call themselves the Dúnedain.
As a quick synopsis, one evening, all modern technology inexplicably ceases to function. Electricity no longer flows, gunpowder and gasoline burn only sluggishly, and even steam pressure loses its motive force.
Our main characters are among the few survivors of the subsequent mass chaos and loss of human life--without cars, guns, or TV, modern society quickly collapses and famine, barbarism and strife tear apart our sometime civilization.
Spears, bows and swords are suddenly thrust back into prominence as quasi-feudal tribes begin to congeal out of the shreds of America, both noble and sinister.
Of special interest to this forum is one particular tribe who has an almost religious reverence for a certain pre-event book. They are scouts and hunters with unparalleled skill who amongst themselves speak a language unknown to outsiders. They call themselves the Dúnedain.