A Furnace Blast of War and Politics!
A cosmic accident sets the modern West Virginia town of Grantville down in war-torn seventeenth century Europe. Need to build a modern army on a medieval shoestring Freedom and know-how we got. The one absolutely essential physical requirement we're lacking Steel. Which makes the iron mines of Bavaria the central target in a battle that will ravage a continent—a battle that's about to make the Thirty Years War look like a walk in the park!
"Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians."
—Booklist
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Product ReviewI enjoyed the book, but I think it could have been written much tighter. Not quite up to the standards of the first couple of books.
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Product ReviewI enjoyed this book. My main complaint is that there was too much attempted for one book. With the level of complexity that the 1632 universe has grown to, every major event will have so many repercussions and ties with other ongoing storylines that, much like real history, you could write entire books about what that one event caused.
I'm not sure what the authors could have changed though, since all of the events in the book are deeply interrelated.
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Product ReviewOverall it was a good read. Did have some issues with it. It seemed disjointed in places jumping at strange times to other plot lines. I have read every one of the series and this did not get to the standard I was expecting. It almost seems that the books are now just being produced as fast as possible without a read look at the quality. I hope the future books return to the quality of the original 1632.
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Product ReviewCompletely different feel/read from the first few books in this series. Lost any connection the WV characters in 100s of pages of background material. Hope that the next installment returns back to the orginal formula.
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Product ReviewSo far so good. This series has reminded my why I majored in Central European History.
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