Book 19 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series After carving a free state for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe citizens of the modern town of Grantville West Virginia must contend with France&s infamous Cardinal Richilieu who is determined to keep his grip on power no matter what history says France 1636 It has been twenty years since King Louis took Aña Maria Mauricia daughter of Spain&s King Philip III as his wife & their union has not yet produced an heir Under the guidance of his chief minister Cardinal Richelieu a plan is developed to remedy that situation Once she is with child Queen Anne goes into seclusion to guard her health & protect her from those who would prefer that the child is never born— France’s foreign enemies as well as schemers such as Monsieur Gaston d’ Orleans the King’s younger brother & heir When the Crown’s opponents make their move factions inside & outside France must choose sides & help determine the future & fate of the Kingdom Meet the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with over three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the “ Belisarius” alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War & latest Honorverse series entry Cauldron of Ghosts Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives near Chicago Illinois Walter H Hunt is the creator of the popular Dark Wing space adventure series He has nearly twenty years experience in high tech as a software engineer & technical writer His writing reflects an abiding interest in history his area of college study but science fiction has been his favorite reading material since he watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon when he was but a lad He is an active freemason & a lifelong baseball fan He lives in eastern Massachusetts with his wife & daughter More from this Author Castaway Planet Boundary 1636 Commander Cantrell in the West Indies 1632 (1632 Series) 1636 The Viennese Waltz ...

A new addition to the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series After carving a place for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe citizens of the modern town of Grantville West Virginia take on a murderous conspiracy of operatic proportions in Magdeburg the capital of the United States of Europe ...

Continuing the New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestselling alternate history Ring of Fire series created by Eric Flint! Eddie Cantrell now married to the king of Denmark daughter is sent by Admiral Simpson to the Caribbean to secure access to the most valuable commodity on that continent
- not the gold & silver which the Spanish treasure but the oil which up-time machines & industry need But Cantrell plans could be wrecked in a multitude of ways He faces often-hostile natives rambunctious Dutch ship captains allied colonies on the brink of starvation & vicious social infighting that can barely be contained by his capable & passionate new wife
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23 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series created by Eric Flint After carving a free state for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe citizens of the modern town of Grantville West Virginia go on a quest for the makings of medicines that have yet to be invented in 17th century Europe The United States of Europe—the new nation formed by an alliance between the Swedish king & the West Virginians hurled back in time by a cosmic accident—is beset by enemies on all sides What&s more the USE needs a reliable source of opiates for those wounded in action as well as other goods not available in Europe Prime Minister Mike Stearns sends a mission to the Mughal Empire of India hoping to secure a trade deal with the Mughal emperor Instead they find an empire on the brink of war danger lurking around every corner & the beautiful & shrewd daughter of an emperor who may be the key to success—or a bringer of disaster About the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with over three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series starting with first novel 1632 With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the “ Belisarius” alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War & three novel&s in Weber&s best-selling Honorverse series Flint&s latest Ring of Fire novel is 1636 The Ottoman Onslaught Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives near Chicago Illinois Griffin Barber spent his youth in four different countries learning three languages & burning all his bridges Finally settled in Northern California with a day job as a police officer in a major metropolitan department he lives the good life with his lovely wife crazy-smart daughter needy dog & indifferent cat 1636 Mission to the Mughals co-authored with Eric Flint is his first novel ...

A new addition to the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series! After carving a place for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe citizens of the modern town of Grantville West Virginia the up-timers & their allies take on continental America & Japan! A cosmic catastrophe the Ring of Fire strands the West Virginia town of Grantville in the middle of Europe during the Thirty Years War The repercussions of that event transform Europe & in a few years begin spreading across the world By 1636 the Ring of Fire's impact is felt across two great oceans the Atlantic & Pacific ...

A new addition to the multiple New York Times bestselling Ring of Fire series! After carving a place for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe the modern town of Grantville West Virginia continues its quest for survival A Grantville resident helps Russia modernize but he in turn must deal with 1600s Russian culture & politics
- or wind up dead! 1636 Grantville has bounced back & established its new mission & identity but it seems some have been left behind
- people like Bernie Zeppi courageous in the battle but unable to figure out what to do with himself in a world that utterly changed Then Russian emissary Vladimir Gorchacov arrives in Grantville & hires Bernie to journey to Moscow & bring the future to a Russia mired in slavish serfdom & byzantine imperial plots Bernie jumps at the chance He figures it to be an easy gig complete with high pay & hot-&-cold running women But one thing Bernie hasn counted on is the chance to find his purpose in Mother Russia from fighting the needless death of children from typhoid to building the first dirigible in Russian history & then there love Just as Bernie realizes his feeling for a certain Russian noblewoman may have gone way beyond respect he finds them both enmeshed in the deadly politics of Kremlin power struggles

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Book 21 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series The uptimers & their allies take on the Ottoman Empire at its height of power The modern West Virginia town of Grantville has been displaced in time to continental Europe in 1632 Now four years have passed The long-feared attack on Austria by the Ottoman Empire has begun Armed with new weapons inspired by the time-displaced Americans of Grantville the Turks are determined to do what they were unable to do in the universe the Americans came from capture Vienna The Ottomans have the advantage of being able to study the failings & errors of their own campaigns in a future they can now avoid They are led by the young dynamic & ruthless Murad IV the most capable emperor the Ottomans have produced in a century They are equipped with weapons that would have seemed fantastical to the Turks of that other universe airships breech-loading rifles rockets—even primitive tanks & this time they won’t have to face massive reinforcements from Austria’s allies In fact the only force Emperor Gustav Adolf can think of sending to Austria is the United States of Europe Third Division under the command of Mike Stearns It’s an army currently engaged in a desperate struggle for Bavaria The emperors of the USE & Austria share the same problem They have one too many enemies one too few allies & only one general to cover the gaps Fortunately that general is Mike Stearns also known as the Prince of Germany ...

The Latest Novel in the New York Times Best-Selling Series Eric Flint the Reigning Master of Alternate History Continues the Exciting Story Arc Begun in 1635 The Eastern Front The West Virginia town of Grantville torn from the twentieth century & hurled back into seventeenth century Europe has allied with Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden in the United States of Europe So when Gustavus invades Poland managing to unite all the squabbling Polish factions into repelling the common enemy the time-lost Americans have to worry about getting dragged into the fight along with the Swedish forces But Mike Stearns has another problem He was Prime Minister of the USE until he lost an election & now he’s one of Gustavus’s generals; & he has demonstrated that he’s very good at being a general & he’s about to really need all his military aptitude Gretchen who never saw a revolution she didn’t like has been arrested in Saxony & is likely to be executed The revolutionary groups which she has been working with are not about to let that happen & suddenly there’s rioting in the streets Saxony’s ruthless General Baner is determined to suppress the uprising by the time-honored “kill them all & let God sort them out” method which only adds fuel to the fire So Gustavus orders Mike Stearns to go to Saxony & restore order But he makes one mistake He didn’t tell Mike to take his troops along on the mission But he didn’t tell him not to either ...

Book 24 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series MAYDAY FOR A POPE! It’s spring in Burgundy The flowers are out & so are the cardinals! That is the cardinals of Pope Urban’s renegade papacy now on the run from the Vatican’s would-be usurper Borja Fortunately Urban has help from those indomitable modern West Virginians thrown back in time during the Ring of Fire cataclysm He can rely upon Cardinal-Protector Larry Mazzare’s theological savvy Sharon Nichols’ medical skills & her husband Ruy Sanchez’s keen-eyed experience as a body-guard-in-chief & even though Urban has a new Papal Guard in the form of Owen Rowe O’ Neill’s Wild Geese up-time leader Mike Stearns has loaned the Pope a contingent of the Hibernian Battalion—just in case Which is prudent since Urban & his peace initiative are not merely at risk from Borja’s assassins There is another deadlier team of professional killers in town directed by the man who almost killed the Pope before lethal Spanish mastermind Pedro Dolor Dolor hasn’t come to confess murder—he’s come to commit a cardinal sin Several of them in fact! About 1635 A Parcel of Rogues" The 20th volume in this popular fast-paced alternative history series follows close on the heels of the events in The Baltic War picking up with the protagonists in London including sharpshooter Julie Sims This time the 20th-century transplants are determined to prevent the rise of Oliver Cromwell & even have the support of King Charles"— Library Journal About 1634 The Galileo Affair"A rich complex alternate history with great characters & vivid action A great read & an excellent book"— David Drake" Gripping depicted with power!"— Publishers Weekly About Eric Flint&s Ring of Fire series“ This alternate history series is a landmark”— Booklist“ Eric Flint&s 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians”— Booklist“ reads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicis ”— Publishers Weekly About the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with over three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series starting with first novel 1632 With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the “ Belisarius” alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War & latest Honorverse series entry Cauldron of Ghosts Flint&s latest Ring of Fire novel is 1636 The Ottoman Onslaught Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives near Chicago Illinois Charles E Gannon is the author of Compton Crook Award winning Nebula nominated novels Fire with Fire Trial by Fire & Raising Caine in the Caine Riordan series He is the coauthor with Eric Flint of 1636 The Papal Stakes & 1636 Commander Cantrell in the West Indies in Eric Flint&s best-selling Ring of Fire series With best-selling Steve White Gannon is the coauthor of Starfire series entries Extremis & Imperative Gannon is also the author of multiple short stories He is a member of SIGMA the "SF think-tank" which has advised various intelligence & defense agencies since the start of the millennium Chuck lives near Annapolis Maryland with his wife & children ...

Book 24 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series SEVEN DAYS IN MAY 1636 It’s spring in Burgundy The flowers are out & so are the cardinals—of Pope Urban’s renegade papacy now on the run from the Vatican’s would-be usurper Borja Most of the Church’s senior leaders have converged upon the city of Besancon where the Pope plans to offer an ecumenical olive branch to the other Christian denominations with which Rome has been at war Fortunately Urban has up-time help He can rely upon Cardinal-Protector Larry Mazzare’s theological savvy Sharon Nichols’ medical skills & her husband Ruy Sanchez’s keen-eyed experience as a body-guard-in-chief & even though Urban has a new Papal Guard in the form of Owen Rowe O’ Neill’s Wild Geese Mike Stearns has loaned the Pope a small contingent of the Hibernian Battalion—just in case Which is prudent since Urban & his peace initiative are not merely at risk from Borja’s assassins There is another more deadly team of professional killers in town directed by the man who almost killed the Pope before lethal Spanish mastermind Pedro Dolor Dolor hasn’t come to confess murder—he’s come to commit it About the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with over three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series starting with first novel 1632 With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the “ Belisarius” alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War & latest Honorverse series entry Cauldron of Ghosts Flint&s latest Ring of Fire novel is 1636 The Ottoman Onslaught Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives near Chicago Illinois Charles E Gannon is the author of Compton Crook Award winning Nebula nominated novels Fire with Fire Trial by Fire & Raising Caine in the Caine Riordan series He is the coauthor with Eric Flint of 1636 The Papal Stakes & 1636 Commander Cantrell in the West Indies in Eric Flint&s best-selling Ring of Fire series With best-selling Steve White Gannon is the coauthor of Starfire series entries Extremis & Imperative Gannon is also the author of multiple short stories He is a member of SIGMA the "SF think-tank" which has advised various intelligence & defense agencies since the start of the millennium Chuck lives near Annapolis Maryland with his wife & children ...