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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780451460776
ISBN number: 0451460774
Label: Roc
Manufacturer: Roc
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 608
Printing Date: September 05, 2006
Publishing house: Roc
Sale Popularity Level: 13642
Studio: Roc
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The national bestselling alternate history epic continues...
Ten years after The Change rendered technology inoperable throughout the world, two brave leaders built two thriving communities in Oregon's Willamette Valley. But now the armies of the totalitarian Protectorate are preparing to wage war over the priceless farmland.
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Stirling continues his detailed vision of an apocalyptic world. He shows us a little of what's going on in the rest of the world, though not much. Focused on Havel and Juniper's clans, his writing has also improved from the first. Though like the very first there doesn't see any to be a major point to the story other than being a window into a small part of the world after the Change. In spite of the title, there's really not much of war going on, no more than the very first book, nor do we see much of the Protector though we learn more about him. The book does seem to be a set up for the subsequent volume, almost a prologue. The characters are interesting enough to make you want to continue the series, but hopefully a more solid storyline emerges.
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This story has been done so many times already. The only thing new that S.M. brings is that fuels do not combust like they used to. Now I have not read the other reviews of these books but I assume someone else has given synopsis so this will only be my oppinion about the story. I am most of the way through the second book and though I am entertained I am not very impressed. Sterling writes well and I feel he is doing a good job with the premis(sp?)but I cant help but think all of this has been done before.
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This book was somewhat enjoyable in parts, but was disappointing in several ways. Stirling used most of the very first chapters in this book to introduce additional supporting characters. Unfortunately, the introduction of these characters, beginning at about the same point in time as half-way through the prequel, "Dies the Fire", created difficulties with the narrative time-line in "The Protector's War".
Stirling cut between these new characters and the main characters established in "Dies the Fire" with a rather confusing gait. Each set of characters was engaging in trials and tribulations that were separated by years in addition to distance. Later in the book, after the new supporting cast has been integrated into the previously established narrative line, Stirling fills in some unmentioned time in a flashback narrative.
The combination of repeated forward and back time-line jumps, the flash-back explanations, and a great deal of seemingly pointless argument and domestic disputes, greatly interfered with my personal enjoyment of this book. This is unfortunate as his imagined re-applications of technology under the unnatural laws included in his premise were fascinating and even humorous.
There is little challenge in this book, and I cannot recommend it unless the reader is willing to read the entire "Change" trilogy (Dies the Fire, The Protector's War, and A Meeting at Corvallis").
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I enjoyed "Dies the Fire" and looked forward to "The Protector's War". It has a lot of likable aspects, but the tempo overall is not good. Mr. Stirling writes more like many women authors, than an attorney. His descriptions of scenery, Wicca, Scottish rites, flowers, and the like are often inane, mind numbing, and a big turn off. It really makes the story drag at times. Simplify! Get to the point!
I suspect this trilogy would have fit into one decent sized novel if Mr. Stirling focused on what is important to a reader and remembered he doesn't need to share all of his vast knowledge to put out a good story.
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I desparately wanted to love The Protector's War. I read Dies the Fire in one day and bought copies for friends. This book does not stand up to the standard set by Dies the Fire. First, Protector's War is poorly edited. The switches in time frame and perspective are poorly transitioned and disjointed. Second, there are many sections of the book when nothing happens, no characters are developed, and you are left asking, "what's the purpose here?" Based on my loyalty to the very first book, I finished this one, but barely.
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