Calvin Morrison was a pretty good cop in Pennsylvania--until he was scooped up by the cross-time flying saucer and transported to Styphon's House Subsector, a 16th century equivalent parallel timeline. Here the Indo-Aryan invasions went east across Asia and down the Aleutian Islands into North America, where they have stagnated for thousands of years. Dropped off into the middle of a local dispute, Corporal Calvin Morrison comes face to face with warriors armed with pikes and broadswords, not petty criminals. Lord Kalvan, as the locals call him, transforms the petty Princedom of Hostigos into a fearsome warrior Kingdom by inspired leadership and advanced military knowledge. And now, after having created and saved his new nation of Hos-Hostigos from destruction by Styphon's House, a tyrannical theocracy that holds sacred the secret formula for gunpowder, Kalvan, now Great King of Hos-Hostigos, faces his greatest challenge--keeping what he has won. The Holy Host of Styphon and the Royal Army of Hos-Harphax, two of the greatest armies in the history of the Five Kingdoms, are on the move and Kalvan will once again have to call upon his knowledge of military history to save his family and friends. This time it's personal!
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Product ReviewThe best thing about Carr's three sequels to Piper's LORD KALVAN OF OTHERWHEN is that he doesn't try to imitate Piper's outdated (sorry!) style. It's unfortunate that the last two in the series are available only as expensive hardcovers. Chris should know that the shorts he mentions were expanded and self-published as novels by Carr.
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Product ReviewDoesn't *quite* mesh with LORD KALVAN OF OTHERWHEN, but is a very good read on its own. Sadly, the two short stories "Kalvan Kingmaker" and "Seige at Tarr-Hostigos" are both in out-of-print (and impossible to find) anthologies.
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Product ReviewThis was a great read. Catch the first book in the series, Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper. And the third, and fourth books, also by John Carr. Kalvan Kingmaker and The Seige of Tarr-Hostigos. A great series and a great read.
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