The Sword

Written by S. M. Stirling and David Drake

Narrated by Franklin Pierson

For five years Raj Whitehall has led his men across the face of the planet Bellevue.

With saber and bayonet he has conquered one barbarian nation after another.

Now his greatest enemy is his own overlord, Barholm Clerett, who’s so paranoid of Raj’s victories that he is reduced to only one thought: Raj Whitehall must die.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980049715

S. M. Stirling

Steven “S.M.” Stirling is a writer by trade, born in France but Canadian by origin and American by naturalization, living in New Mexico. His hobbies are mostly related to the craft of writing. He loves history, anthropology, and archaeology, as well as interest in the sciences. Steven has published over 40 novels, at least 5 of which are New York Times bestsellers and he has won awards including the Dragon Award for his novel, Black Chamber. Steven has been a Writers of the Future Judge since 2021.

Reviews for The Sword

[sgtbigg_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I was looking for something uncomplicated and this definitely was. Unfortunately it went beyond uncomplicated and entered into boring. Several hundred years after the fall of the Galactic Federation, the planet Bellvue has descended to a 17th-18th Century technology level and is divided by warring tribes. Unknown to everyone, a battle computer is still running underground waiting for someone that can unite the battle and begin rebuilding the Federation. Of course that someone appears and Raj Whitehall begins uniting the planet. The previous books were better then this one which was nothing more then the army of civilization easily defeating the army of barbarians solely due to the fact that they were civilized while the enemy were barbarians. I’ll read the next book, which was the last in the series, although two more books were tacked on later. I’m not sure about those yet.