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In this volume of the Ring of Fire -- Eric Flint's collaborative alternate history saga of time-displaced Americans from modern-day Grantville, West Virginia, who've been temporally transported back to 17th-century Europe -- the "uptimers" and the newly founded United States of Europe (USE) find themselves in an escalating conflict with the combined might of France, Spain, England, and Denmark, former adversaries who have allied with the League of Ostend in an effort to wipe out the USE and its decidedly democratic philosophies (equality, liberty, justice for all, etc.). Central to the story line is Admiral John Simpson, chief of naval operations for the USE, who is desperately trying to utilize uptimer tech (ironclad ships) in time to break through an enemy blockade of key Baltic ports; and USE prime minster Mike Stearns, who sends an elite rescue team deep into enemy territory in hopes of liberating American diplomats being held in the Tower of London.
Featuring dozens of main characters (the index is ten pages long!) and numerous intriguing subplots, this ambitious, meticulously researched, and truly epic saga is sure to appeal to fans of historical fiction, alternate history, and military fiction. Paul Goat Allen
The Baltic War which began in the novel 1633 is still raging, and the time-lost Americans of Grantville-the West Virginia town hurled back into the seventeenth century by a mysterious cosmic accident-are caught in the middle of it. Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden and Emperor of the United States of Europe, prepares a counter-attack on the combined forces of France, Spain, England, and Denmark-former enemies which have allied in the League of Ostend to destroy the threat to their power that the Americans represent-which are besieging the German city of Luebeck. Elsewhere in war-torn Europe, several American plans are approaching fruition. Admiral Simpson of Grantville frantically races against time to finish the USE Navy's ironclad ships-desperately needed to break the Ostender blockade of the Baltic ports. A commando unit sent by Mike Stearns to England prepares the rescue the Americans being held in the Tower of London. In Amsterdam, Rebecca Stearns continues three-way negotiations with the Prince of Orange and the Spanish Cardinal-Infante who has conquered most of the Netherlands. And, in Copenhagen, the captured young USE naval officer Eddie Cantrell tries to persuade the King of Denmark to break with the Ostender alliance, all while pursuing a dangerous romantic involvement with one of the Danish princesses.
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1634: The Baltic War
The Baltic War which began in the novel 1633 is still raging, and the time-lost Americans of Grantville-the West Virginia town hurled back into the seventeenth century by a mysterious cosmic accident-are caught in the middle of it. Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden and Emperor of the United States of Europe, prepares a counter-attack on the combined forces of France, Spain, England, and Denmark-former enemies which have allied in the League of Ostend to destroy the threat to their power that the Americans represent-which are besieging the German city of Luebeck. Elsewhere in war-torn Europe, several American plans are approaching fruition. Admiral Simpson of Grantville frantically races against time to finish the USE Navy's ironclad ships-desperately needed to break the Ostender blockade of the Baltic ports. A commando unit sent by Mike Stearns to England prepares the rescue the Americans being held in the Tower of London. In Amsterdam, Rebecca Stearns continues three-way negotiations with the Prince of Orange and the Spanish Cardinal-Infante who has conquered most of the Netherlands. And, in Copenhagen, the captured young USE naval officer Eddie Cantrell tries to persuade the King of Denmark to break with the Ostender alliance, all while pursuing a dangerous romantic involvement with one of the Danish princesses.
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BN ID: | 2940170470457 |
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Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
Publication date: | 10/11/2013 |
Series: | Ring of Fire , #8 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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