Dies the Fire

<b>S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change the start of the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling&#160;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&#151;and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face...&#160;<br> &#160;<br> Michael Pound was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane&#146;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&#146;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> &#160;<br> But even as people band together to help one another others are building armies for conquest...