The Emberverse Series - List of Emberverse Characters, the Emberverse Series, Dies the Fire, the Scourge of God, the Sunrise Lands (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of Emberverse Characters, the Emberverse Series, Dies the Fire, the Scourge of God, the Sunrise Lands, Alien Space Bats, the Protector's War, a Meeting at Corvallis, the Sword of the Lady. Excerpt: A Meeting at Corvallis A Meeting at Corvallis is a 2006 science fiction novel by S. M. Stirling . It is third novel in the Emberverse series that began with Dies the Fire . Plot Introduction The story describes the events of roughly a year, some nine to ten years after the Change which altered the laws of physics. It describes the war between the Portland Protective Association and the other communities of the Willamette Valley . Plot summary Mike (Lord Bear) and Signe Havel of the Bearkillers and Juniper Mackenzie of Clan Mackenzie, travel to Corvallis, a neutral city-state, to convince them to join with them in resisting the PPA. Meanwhile, the Dunedain Rangers have captured a major knight of the PPA leading a band of raiders into their territory and take him to Corvallis for his trial. Sandra Arminger and her servant/assassin Tiphaine, also travel to Corvallis to speak in defense of the PPA. Sandra sends Tiphaine to kill the knight so he can not be used as evidence against the PPA. Tiphaine successfully kills the knight and flees the scene even though she was ambushed by the Rangers. At the Corvallis Faculty Senate, the governing body of Corvallis originally composed of professors from Oregon State University, the allied forces are unable to convince Corvallis to side against the PPA; but they are successful in getting Corvallis to recognize the Dunedain Rangers. Months later, Lord Protector Norman Arminger finally begins his war against the Bearkillers, Mount Angel, and Clan Mackenzies. Arminger divides his forces into three armies and dispatches them to destroy the three...