The High King of Montival: A Novel of the Change

from Guide2

A good continuation of the story. I guess it gets better once you reconcile yourself that this is a fantasy series.

from satyridae

01/2012-Holds up well as a re-read. It's an interesting transition from the first trilogy, which deals primarily with how modern-day humans cope with the Change to the second set of books (currently at four volumes, heading toward six) which deals more with how the generation after the Change cop...

from cissa

I'm giving this 4 stars because while the pacing in it was better than in several of the previous books, the events themselves are less interesting, mostly because we know starting it pretty much exactly how it's going to end. No surprises here! Still, I don't necesarily mind that- it's a feature...

from whitebalcony

Loved "Dies the Fire" but Stirling has really lost the plot. Literally. Don't waste your time reading this repetitive drivel, it's all boring (and I do mean boring) war scenes interspersed with trite religious overtones. The one piece of good news: they finally make it back across America! Thank ...

from snotbottom

Doesn't add much to the series... OK, ok... I get that they have to get back to Montival, but did it have to take 476 pages?? Do we have to read a recap of everything that has gone on before? Do we have to continue to tell the same, tired jokes and "clever" tales as in the previous six novels? I ...