1632 (Assiti Shards ) (Ring of Fire)

by Eric Flint

by Eric Flint
A mysterious accident in time causes twenty-first-century American democracy to collide head-on with the Thirty Years' War in seventeenth-century Germany as Mike Stearn and a group of armed miners take on a gang of strangely attired invaders who are threatening peaceful Grantville, West Virginia. When part of West Virginia is transported to 1632 East Germany during the Thirty Years' War, the new citizens repel marauding mercenaries, house German refugees, determine citizenship, and establish relationships and identities.

• ISBN10: 1416532811
• ISBN13: 9781416532811
• Publish Date: 12 December 2006 (first published 1 February 2000)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 4 August 2010
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Baen Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 608
• Language: English

Reviews

[Danielle Ackley-McPhail]

History heavy

I know, makes sense. You can't write alternate history without the history part...but there were times my eyes crossed trying to stay focused and immersed in the book because the historic elements were more action driven rather than character driven so at times I found it difficult to keep things straight. Don't get me wrong, though. I loved the book, especially the Grantville sections. All of it was well written, but it was the characters that made it shine.