Young Rudi Mackenzie has grown up knowing that he will one day assume leadership over the Western Oregon survivors of the technological disaster called the Change. But a prophecy made at his birth spoke of an even greater destiny--a destiny that is about to be fulfilled.

A mysterious traveler has arrived in the Willamette Valley. He brings news from the East, from Nantucket Island, long rumored to be the source of the Change. He has been sent on a mission to bring back with him the Sword of the Lady from the sunset oceans.

As son of the High Priestess, Rudi is the Sword of the Lady. Now, guided by the traveler, he sets out on a quest across the Changed land that was once America. But between Rudi and his destiny lies the Valley of Paradise...and the cult of a madman determined to stop him.

Author: S. M. Stirling
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: 09/02/2008
Series: Novel of the Change #4
Pages: 528
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 6.50h x 4.10w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780451462251
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
S. M. Stirling is the New York Times bestselling author of many science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Novels of the Change (including Prince of Outcasts, The Desert and the Blade, The Golden Princess, The Given Sacrifice, Lord of Mountains) and the Shadowspawn series (A Taint in the Blood, The Council of Shadows, Shadows of Falling Night).