Now, in this startling new anthology, S. M. Stirling invites the most fertile minds in science fiction to join him in expanding his rich Emberverse canvas. Here are inventive new perspectives on the cultures, the survivors, and the battles arising across the years and across the globe following the Change.

In his all-new story “Hot Night at the Hopping Toad,” Stirling returns to his own continuing saga of the High Kingdom of Montival. In the accompanying stories are fortune seekers, voyagers, and dangers—from the ruins of Sydney to the Republic of Fargo and Northern Alberta to Venetian and Greek galleys clashing in the Mediterranean.

These new adventures revisit beloved people and places from Stirling’s fantastic universe, introduce us to new ones, and deliver endlessly fascinating challenges to conquer, all while unfolding in a “postapocalyptic landscape that illuminates both the best and the worst of which our species is capable,”** “a world you can see, feel, and touch.” ***

Contributors to The Change: Tales of Downfall and Rebirth Include Introduction: The Change as Setting and Secondary World by S. M. Stirling Hot Night at the Hopping Toad by S. M. Stirling Rate of Exchange by A. M. Dellamonica Tight Spot by Kier Salmon Against the Wind by Lauren C. Teffeau The Demons of Witmer Hall by M. T. Reiten Bernie, Lord of the Apes by John Jos. Miller The Seeker: A Poison in the Blood by Victor Milán Grandpa’s Gift by Terry D. England Fortune and Glory by John Birmingham The Venetian Dialectic by Walter Jon Williams The Soul Remembers Uncouth Noises by John Barnes Topanga and the Chatsworth Lancers by Harry Turtledove The Hermit and the Jackalopes by Jane Lindskold The New Normal by Jody Lynn Nye A Missed Connection by Emily Mah Tippetts Deor by Diana Paxson