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Books/Stories in Series Dies the Fire (Penguin/Roc, ISBN 0-451-45979-2, Aug 2004) The Protector's War (Penguin/Roc, ISBN 0-451-46046-4, Sept 2005) A Meeting at Corvallis (Penguin/Roc, ISBN 0-451-46111-8, Sept 2006)

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Dies the Fire (2004) shows the effects on the planet — a world Nantucket left — of something called "The Change". Electricity, guns, explosives, internal combustion engines and steam power no longer work. The series mostly deals with the Willamette Valley area of Oregon, with some description of the United Kingdom. After describing how people in those places survive the loss of 200 years of technological progress (no power, no food, no weapons), the primary focus of this series turns to a conflict between a Portland, Oregon-based neo-feudal dictatorship created by a sociopathic history professor, and the free communities of the Willamette Valley, most notably the Wiccan Clan Mackenzie and a group led by an ex-Marine, the Bearkillers.

A second tetralogy, set 22 years after the Change, is in progress:

• The Sunrise Lands

The sample chapters for "The Sunrise Lands" listed on Stirling's website indicate the possibility of the second series giving some sort of explanation for the event/change. A vision from a major character's trip to Nantucket potentially includes Swindapa, a major character from the Nantucket trilogy.

A duology for a later period is planned:

• The Blood of the Sun
• The Given Sacrifice

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