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Dies the Fire

Name: Dies the Fire
Rating: 3.92 (17772 reviews)
Author: S.M. Stirling

S.M. Stirling August 3, 2004

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The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable. What follows is the most terrible global catastrophe in the history of the human race-and a Dark Age more universal and complete than could possibly be imagined.

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