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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Dean" data-source="post: 3576153" data-attributes="member: 9199">I've really enjoyed them. I love stories that deal with how people will react/live in an apocalyptic environment (which is why I think Stephen King's The Stand is my favorite King book).&nbsp; In Dies the Fire, there are several groups that form into different societies.&nbsp; There's the Bearkillers, who are horseriding tough guys.&nbsp; There is also the Clan McKenzie, who are led by a wiccan, and are mainly farmers and craftsmen.&nbsp; The professors and faculty of Oregon State at Corvallis have their own country, too.&nbsp; The bad guys are the Portland Protectorate Association, led by a former college professor and SCA buff, who tries to create a very feudal society comprised of former gang bangers and criminals as knights and lords.By the second book, a former group of SAS officers flee England because King Charles (yes, formerly Prince Charles) is going insane and his wicked second icelandic wife (Camilla was pushed out) is plotting to kill anyone loyal to Prince Harry and Prince William.&nbsp; The second book starts off with the SAS guys breaking their leader, Sir Nigel Loring, out of a castle where he is held hostage by the Icelandic Detachment Force, who are nasty tough.&nbsp; The SAS guys make it to Oregon and put in with the good guys.All in all, Stirling writes very nice battle scenes which really bring home just how violent and brutal it is to die with an arrow shot through you, or a sword stroke.&nbsp; He plays up the fact that people really don't want to get into knife or sword fights too much because the danger of getting seriously wounded is so high.&nbsp; Everyone wears lots of armor, because if you don't, you're as good as dead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Dean, post: 3576153, member: 9199"] I've really enjoyed them. I love stories that deal with how people will react/live in an apocalyptic environment (which is why I think Stephen King's The Stand is my favorite King book). In Dies the Fire, there are several groups that form into different societies. There's the Bearkillers, who are horseriding tough guys. There is also the Clan McKenzie, who are led by a wiccan, and are mainly farmers and craftsmen. The professors and faculty of Oregon State at Corvallis have their own country, too. The bad guys are the Portland Protectorate Association, led by a former college professor and SCA buff, who tries to create a very feudal society comprised of former gang bangers and criminals as knights and lords. By the second book, a former group of SAS officers flee England because King Charles (yes, formerly Prince Charles) is going insane and his wicked second icelandic wife (Camilla was pushed out) is plotting to kill anyone loyal to Prince Harry and Prince William. The second book starts off with the SAS guys breaking their leader, Sir Nigel Loring, out of a castle where he is held hostage by the Icelandic Detachment Force, who are nasty tough. The SAS guys make it to Oregon and put in with the good guys. All in all, Stirling writes very nice battle scenes which really bring home just how violent and brutal it is to die with an arrow shot through you, or a sword stroke. He plays up the fact that people really don't want to get into knife or sword fights too much because the danger of getting seriously wounded is so high. Everyone wears lots of armor, because if you don't, you're as good as dead. [/QUOTE]

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