The Sunrise Lands

A Novel of the Change

By: S. M. Stirling

Narrated by: Todd McLaren

Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

A generation has passed since the Change that rendered technology inoperable around the world, and western Oregon has finally achieved a degree of peace. But a new threat has risen in Paradise Valley, Wyoming. A man known as the Prophet presides over the Church Universal and Triumphant, teaching his followers to continue God's work by destroying the remnants of technological civilization they encounter - and those who dare to use them.

Rudi Mackenzie, son and heir of the mystic Juniper, must journey with seven friends across a continent in chaos to the Sunrise Lands to solve the riddle of what destroyed a civilization. And as the friends journey farther into the interior, enemies may be within their own band as well as outside it.

©2007 S. M. Stirling (P)2008 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Thought-provoking and engaging." ( Publishers Weekly)

good storu

narrator speaks several mispronounced words that repeat again and again, other than that is excellent.

Steadily good series entry

Enjoyable continuation of the series. Only issue is some mispronounced words, but I just wince and go on.

Meandering

The story tends to meander a bit in this novel. It’s like the author wished to make the story more epic. I could follow the story but at times it was a difficult transition. Other than that, I am anxious to listen to the next book.

Interesting story

This was a good story and the narrator did a decent job. It kept my attention throughout, even though it was a longer audiobook. I would have given it five stars, but the narrator mispronounced some words and the pacing was a bit off. There were pauses where there weren't section breaks and no pauses where there should have been. But it was definitely a fun listen.

Pronunciation is everything

I absolutely love this series, I read the first 2 books. The only problem I have with it is that Todd McLaren (the narrator) pronounces so many words incorrectly that I keep trying to correct him. Obviously, he never hears me. But it would be nice if he learned how to say the names of the region and cities. I won't even mention the pronouncing of names and the incorrect usage of French pronunciations.

Love this series! Better listen the a read though

Been loving this series for a while now, The Sunrise Lands serves as great directional pull into a new major story arch for the series. After Protector and Mike died I found myself wondering if the series would keep my interest, The Sunrise Lands answered that for me.

Great Narrator as always, though a little odd how he chose to pronounce things a little differently this time around. I couldn't help but feel the tone was meant to be more universal too so that if you hadn't been following the series you'd feel more welcome and not lost... Makes sense since this is start of a new arch and a good time to get into the series without having to know everything that's happened in past.

My one note is that as a reader I found these books to be a bit tok thick in description and difficult to get through at times. Oddly enough as a listener, I love the details and thick descriptions, anything to paint an even deeper picture. But it's not for everyone, things don't move super fast with this style of writing, and the narrator can be a bit one note at times... But it's good one and if you like his voice you'll find everything seems to pop out at you!

Great Book and Great series

This is a great series and a joy to listen to. I can hardly turn the story off when I have to work. The ONLY issue I have is with the word Willamette, when refering to the river or the valley, the reader is saying Will-A-met when it should be said as Will-Am-It. But still well worth the price and you should get all of them

pronunciation

pretty sure the truncation of machete, shete, is pronounced like the last syllable of machete, and not like "sheet".

Riveting

Another excellent written novel filled with action, suspense following an interesting story line. The author has done a fantastic job of creating a world that is believable yet foreign.

Excellent adventure fiction

I have enjoyed this series so far. The early books were a great deal of exploration of how much we require our technology and how things would change with out it. This book in particular is more of an adventure story with an almost classic fantasy adventuring company. The tropes are there and the characters are aware they are tropes.

All in all a good read. It is not going to blow your mind or change how you think, but it will be a fun romp.