Though the Thirty Years Wars continues to ravage 17th century Europe, history as it once happened has been strongly deflected by the new force which is rapidly gathering power and influence: the United States of Europe, an alliance between Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West Virginians from the 20th Century led by Mike Stearns who were hurled centuries into the past by a mysterious cosmic accident-the Ring of Fire.
The USE has know-how of 20th century technology, but the American traditions of freedom and justice is having an even stronger impact on Europe, and the rulers of Europe are powerless to stuff the Grantville genie back into the bottle.
Virginia DeMarce, a trained historian and co-author of the New York Times best seller, 1635: The Bavarian Crisis, continues the saga of the time-lost Americans as seen through the eyes of both Americans and Europeans, as the Americans try to make sense of the strange world into which they have been hurled, and the Europeans try to understand the abilities and behavior of the visitors from the future. The result is a volume that will be irresistible to the thousands of fans of the Ring of Fire series.
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Product ReviewSad excuse for a book. Eric Flint is a great author. Unfortunately, Virginia DeMarce is not.
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Product ReviewIt was near impossible to read
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Product ReviewOrdinarily, I'm one of those people who can't put a book down once I pick it up. I have to read it all the way through in as few sittings as possible because I can't stand not knowing what happens next. This time, I found I had to keep telling myself to keep going and, after about the third or fourth time, I realized I was pushing myself to keep reading a work of fiction, as in recreational reading, and immediately ceased and desisted my self-inflicted suffering. I'm tired of this series. I really am. I don't think I'll be reading anything else in it here on out. I haven't seen anything good from it since 1634: The Baltic War came out. There are far too many hands in this pie. Even worse, Flint's hand seems to be either missing or exerting very little influence. I am depressed. I really liked this series.
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Product ReviewThe first 2 chapters could be read in the Grantville Gazette. 1 was the story of Wes Jenkins and Clara Bachmeierin and 2 was the story of Martin Wackernagel and his wifes. Chapter 3 continued the story of Martin. (this was a new story). From chapter 4 to 8 it was a new story. The end of chapter 8 was quite touching but overall there was too much mentioning of philosophy and names of boring towns. I felt this was a waste of $ 15,00. I love reading but I had to struggle to get through this ARC. I will not buy this once it becomes a book.
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Product ReviewIt was like reading more of the Ram Rebellion. If you like multiple almost novelettes that all revolve around the same events from different perspectives you might enjoy this book more than I did. I find this writing style disjointed. I like all the little stories to be interwoven, not separate. The story itself was interesting though I was hoping for something more.
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Product Reviewno continuity... trash. Like the series but seriously WRITE AN ACTUAL STORY.
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Product ReviewThis doesn't add much to the series and rehashes the entire Prince and Abbot story. It took a lot of my attention to keep up with the dialogues and more will to keep on reading. This is not a book that I would recommend or enjoy for the sake of reading. The cover is fantastic, it makes the book quite interesting and enticing to read. However, the cover gives more of a description than the synopsis itself. Overall it is a disappointment.
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Product ReviewMuch of this book is a rehash of articles in the "Grantville Gazette" and as such I was not impressed. The least of the series so far.
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