“S. M. Stirling provides another fabulous postapocalyptic thriller to his Change saga.” – Alternative Worlds
Rudi Mackenzie traveled to Nantucket, where he found and took up the Sword of the Lady and, with it, his destiny. His return journey to the area known as Montival, in the Pacific Northwest, is a treacherous one since he and his companions must cross three thousand miles, making both allies and adversaries along the way.
When he reaches his destination, he will face the legions of the Prophet. To achieve victory, Rudi must assemble a coalition of those who were his enemies just months before, then forge them into an army that will rescue his homeland and tear the heart out of the Church Universal and Triumphant once and for all.
Only then will Rudi be able to come to terms with how the Sword has changed him—as well as the world—and assume his place as Artos, High King of Montival…
- ISBN10 0451463528
- ISBN13 9780451463524
- Publish Date 7 September 2010 (first published 1 September 2010)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint ROC (imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 480
- Language English