The Emberverse series

The Emberverse series

Cover image of first novel in the series
Author	S.M. Stirling
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Alternate history, Science fiction, post-apocalyptic, Fantasy
Publisher	Roc Books
Published	July 2004 – November 2018
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
No. of books	15 novels
Preceded by	Nantucket series
Followed by	Tales from the Black Chamber

The Emberverse series—or Change World^[1]—is a series of post-apocalyptic alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling.^[2]

The novels depict the events following a mysterious—yet sudden—worldwide event called "The Change" that occurs at 6:15 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, March 17, 1998. The Change alters both the course of history and all physical laws when it causes all the electricity, firearms, explosives, internal combustion engines, steam power and most forms of high-energy-density technology on Earth to permanently no longer work. Most of the action in the series takes place in the Willamette Valley of Oregon in the United States. The series primarily focuses on how the characters survive the loss of 600 years of technological progress. The first book, Dies the Fire, concerns the conflicts between a Portland-based neo-feudalist dictatorship and the free communities of the Willamette Valley, primarily the Bearkillers and the Wiccan Clan Mackenzie. The later series, The Change, focuses on the now-adult children of the original trilogy's major characters. A third sub-series, beginning with The Golden Princess, features the grandchildren of the original survivors as the central characters, and concluded with 2018's The Sky-Blue Wolves. The Emberverse is closely related to the preceding Stirling Nantucket series. Both deal with the aftermath of The Change, though its effect is radically different in the two series.