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Best 1 The Peshawar Lancers

"The Peshawar Lancers" is an alternate history, steampunk-adjacent novel published by S. M. Stirling in 2002. Set in the year 2025, the narrative takes place in an alternate timeline where a series of devastating cometary impacts in the late 19th century destroyed much of the Northern Hemisphere. In...

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2 Dies the Fire

Dies the Fire is a 2004 alternate history and post-apocalyptic novel by S.M. Stirling that serves as the first installment in the Emberverse series. The story begins with a global event known as "The Change," which suddenly alters the laws of physics and renders electricity, internal combustion, and...

3 The Protector's War

2005 novel by S.M. Stirling, the second volume of the Emberverse series, set years after a mysterious event eliminated electricity and modern technology, following rival factions in Oregon.

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4 Under the Yoke

Under the Yoke is a 1989 alternate history science fiction novel by S. M. Stirling, forming the second book in the Domination of the Draka series. The book explores the brutal expansion of the Domination, a militarized society based on institutionalized slavery that has conquered most of Europe duri...

5 Island in the Sea of Time

Island in the Sea of Time is a 1998 science fiction novel by S. M. Stirling that initiates the Nantucket trilogy. The story centers on a mysterious temporal event that transports the modern island of Nantucket, along with its Coast Guard vessel, back to the Bronze Age in the year 1250 BC. Forced to...

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6 Against the Tide of Years

"Against the Tide of Years" is a 1999 alternate history novel by S. M. Stirling, functioning as the second book in the Nantucket series. The narrative continues the story of the island of Nantucket, which has been inexplicably transported back in time to the Bronze Age around 1250 BC. The islanders...

7 A Meeting at Corvallis

2006 novel by S.M. Stirling concluding the original Emberverse trilogy, depicting the climactic war among competing post-technological societies in a changed Pacific Northwest.

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8 The Stone Dogs

The Stone Dogs is a 1990 alternate-history novel by S. M. Stirling and the third volume of the Draka trilogy. It depicts a late twentieth-century confrontation between the expansionist Domination of the Draka and the Alliance for Democracy, rival blocs whose competition extends into advanced weapons...

9 On the Oceans of Eternity

On the Oceans of Eternity is a 2000 science fiction alternate history novel by S. M. Stirling, concluding the Nantucket trilogy that began with Island in the Sea of Time. The series follows the island of Nantucket after it is transported back to the Bronze Age, forcing its modern inhabitants to surv...

10 In the Courts of the Crimson Kings

S.M. Stirling's 2008 companion to The Sky People, set on a Mars inhabited by ancient declining civilizations and explored by 21st-century humans seeking diplomatic and scientific contact.

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11 Conquistador

Conquistador is a 2003 alternate-history novel by S. M. Stirling. Its premise centers on a gateway connecting modern California with a parallel Earth where European colonization of the Americas never occurred, allowing a secretive group to establish settlements and exploit the other world. The story...

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12 Marching Through Georgia

S. M. Stirling's 1988 novel introduces the Draka, a ruthless militaristic society in South Africa, as they conquer a Nazi-controlled Europe during WWII.

13 The Sky People

The Sky People by S.M. Stirling (2006) is set on an alternate Venus teeming with prehistoric life, where Cold War-era humans establish rival American and Soviet colonial outposts.

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14 Drakon
Drakon

S. M. Stirling's 1996 novel follows a genetically engineered Draka soldier who is accidentally transported to an alternate, modern-day United States.

15 The High King of Montival

The High King of Montival is a 2010 novel by S.M. Stirling, part of his Emberverse series set in a post-Change North America where technology permanently ceased to function.

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16 The Golden Princess

The Golden Princess is a 2014 Emberverse novel by S.M. Stirling continuing the saga of the high kingdom of Montival in a technology-free alternate post-apocalyptic North America.

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