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Change Books in Order

S.M. Stirling has written 11 Change books, published between 1998 and 2018. The first book is Island in the Sea of Time (1998) and the newest is The Sky-Blue Wolves (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1998–2018
Confirmed
11 of 11 titles
Total pages
6,074 across 11 books
Reading time
101–152 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,074 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 11 books in order Printable Change checklist

Change is the catalogue entry for S.M. Stirling's books tied to the Island in the Sea of Time, Dies the Fire and Rudi's Children series, also indexed as the Emberverse Universe. The 11 books run from Island in the Sea of Time (1998) to The Sky-Blue Wolves (2018). Dies the Fire (2004), The Protector's War, A Meeting at Corvallis and The Golden Princess are among them. Subjects include alternative history, time travel, electric power failures, regression of civilization and Oregon.

How many Change books are there?

Change has 11 books, released between 1998 and 2018.

Change Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Change books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Island in the Sea of Time by S.M. Stirling, book 1 of the Island In The Sea Of Time series (1998)
  2. Cover of Against the Tide of Years by S.M. Stirling, book 2 of the Island In The Sea Of Time series (1999)
  3. Cover of On the Oceans of Eternity by S.M. Stirling, book 3 of the Island In The Sea Of Time series (2000)
  4. Cover of Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling, book 1 of the Dies The Fire series (2004)
  5. Cover of The Protector's War by S.M. Stirling, book 2 of the Dies The Fire series (2005)
  6. Cover of A Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Stirling, book 3 of the Dies The Fire series (2006)
  7. Cover of The Golden Princess by S.M. Stirling, book 1 of the Rudi's Children series (2014)
  8. Cover of The Desert and the Blade by S.M. Stirling, book 2 of the Rudi's Children series (2015)
  9. Cover of Prince of Outcasts by S.M. Stirling, book 3 of the Rudi's Children series (2016)
  1. 1
    Island in the Sea of TimeIsland In The Sea Of Time #11998 · 608 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998608
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  2. 2
    Against the Tide of YearsIsland In The Sea Of Time #21999 · 454 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999454
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  3. 3
    On the Oceans of EternityIsland In The Sea Of Time #32000 · 630 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000630
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  4. 4
    Dies the FireDies The Fire #12004 · 573 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004573
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  5. 5
    The Protector's WarDies The Fire #22005 · 591 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005591
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  6. 6
    A Meeting at CorvallisDies The Fire #32006 · 640 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006640
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  7. 7
    The Golden PrincessRudi's Children #12014 · 560 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014560
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  8. 8
    The Desert and the BladeRudi's Children #22015 · 848 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015848
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  9. 9
    Prince of OutcastsRudi's Children #32016 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016512
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  10. 10
    The Sea PeoplesRudi's Children #42017 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017320
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  11. 11
    The Sky-Blue WolvesRudi's Children #52018 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018338
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Do you have to read Change books in order?

You should read the Change books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Change book also stands alone.

Where to start with Change

Start with Island in the Sea of Time (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Change book?

The Sky-Blue Wolves (2018) is the newest Change book released so far.

Is there a new Change book coming?

No next Change book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Change at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Change title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Change books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,074 pages across all 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 573 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Change books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Change books are about

All 11 Change books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by S.M. Stirling

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.