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An enormous electrical storm of unknown properties encompasses the island of Nantucket and transports it back to the bronze age. The resultant time shock causes everyone on Earth to suffer an intense migraine at the exact same moment. The far more important consequence is that any device run off of electricity, gunpowder, explosives, internal combustion or steam power ceases to function. Permanently. In a single instant, [[The End of the World as We Know It|humanity has been, metaphorically, bombed back to the Stone Age.]]

 

 

The Emberverse currently consists of two completed trilogies, the first two volumes of a concluding tetrology, and one short story ("Something for Yew").

* ''The Sword of the Lady'' (2009) - Rudi and his companions finally arrive at Nantucket, and obtain the titular sword, as the war between the CUT and the Willamette forces takes a turn for the worse.

 

* ''The High King of Montival'' (2010) - Now in possession of the Sword, Rudi - Artos - must journey back to the eastern lands he'd left behind, and muster from them an army to rescue his homeland. Both he and his people back home work to consolidate the newborn kingdom, should they prevail against the Cutters.

* ''The Tears of the Sun'' (2011) - The kingdom of Montival takes firmer shape under Artos's leadership, the disparate groups within drawing together to meet the CUT threat. Allies from the eastern lands, as well as from the former Canada, provide vital support. Part of the war effort includes sowing dissension in the enemy ranks, with the goal of taking the CUT's ally {{spoiler|Boise}} out of the war.

* [[The British Empire]]: Not only did the Royal Family, SAS and other remnants of British society manage to survive the initial chaos. they managed to eventually rebuild "Greater Britain" as a hybrid Medieval-Victorian-Postmodern state. Though not before "Mad King Charlie" tried to turn it into a Renaissance Fair.

* [[Brown Note]]: '''''I...see...you'''''

** Norman Arminger is a former SCA dork, ''uses Sauron's Mordor banner as his flag,'' and is probably more than a bit crazy himself. With how he is numerically the most effective leader immediately post-Change and willing & able to kill almost anyone hand-to-hand, no one under him really has much to say about it...

** In-universe, Lawrence Thurston is regarded as one for his insistence upon restoring the United States (an idea seen as completely impractical by just about every other leader on the continent). However, he does manage to preserve at least the state of Idaho as a coherent political entity (in part by keeping the pre-Change state legislature intact), build a post-Change army (along the lines of the Roman legions) from the remnants of the US military in the area, and overall is one of the more effective and humane leaders in the series. {{spoiler|Of course [[Doomed Moral Victor|he had to die]]...}}

** In ''The Sunrise Lands,'' Mathilda tells the Thurston daughters that she doesn't wear her formal gowns while traveling because she wouldn't be able to ride or fight well in them.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: The scout the Cutters have tracking Rudi's band is, in fact {{spoiler|a ''Boy Scout'' -- or at least, a member of a settlement based on the Boy Scouts}}. Oh, it's justifiable; a member of such a group would be likely to have the right skill set. It is, however, still a groaner.

** In-universe, Delia uses a series of dreadful puns to get the attention of Tiphaine d'Ath.

* [[Lady of War]]: Signe Larsson and Tiphaine D'Ath

* [[Powers That Be]]: {{spoiler|The Change turns out to have been caused by what's best described as the Universal Mind having an argument with itself and coming up with the least awful option. Mind you this least awful option resulted in the worldwide collapse of civilization and the deaths of billions.}}

* [[President Action]]: President-General Lawrence Thurston of Boise (see [[Four-Star Badass]], above).

* [[Rain of Arrows]]: combat strategy of the Mackenzie archers.

* [[Religion Is Magic]]