Against The Tide Of Years continues the adventures BR of the Nantucket residents who have been transported through BR time to the Bronze Age. In the years since their arrival, the BR fledging Republic of Nantucket has strived to better the BR primitive world in which they now exist. Their prime concerns BR are establishing a constitution and handling the waves of BR immigrants from the British Isles. But a renegade time traveler BR plans his own future by forging an empire for himself based on BR conquest by modern technology. The Republic has no alternative BR but to face the inevitable war brought on by one of their BR own.... BR BR BR Praise for ISLAND IN THE SEA OF TIME: * "...one of the best BR time/travel alternate history stories I've ever read, period. BR Stirling combines complex, believable characters, meticulous BR research, and a fascinating setup to produce a book you won't BR want to--and won't be able to--put down." --Harry Turtledove, BR bestselling author of Guns of the South * "...unquestionably BR Steve Stirling's best work to date, a page-turner that is BR certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans. I BR wouldn't be surprised to see it on a few awards ballots BR either." --George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones * BR "A well thought-out time travel scenario with a few interesting BR differences from most books in the genre." --Kliatt * "Stirling BR has surpassed his previous work in the creation of a compelling BR cast of characters and does a fine job of conveying both a BR sense of loss and hope." --Science Fiction ChronicleBR BR BR BR BR
Pages
464
Format
ebook
Release
April 01, 1999
ISBN 13
9781101119044
Against the Tide of Years (Island in the Sea of Time, #2)
Against The Tide Of Years continues the adventures BR of the Nantucket residents who have been transported through BR time to the Bronze Age. In the years since their arrival, the BR fledging Republic of Nantucket has strived to better the BR primitive world in which they now exist. Their prime concerns BR are establishing a constitution and handling the waves of BR immigrants from the British Isles. But a renegade time traveler BR plans his own future by forging an empire for himself based on BR conquest by modern technology. The Republic has no alternative BR but to face the inevitable war brought on by one of their BR own.... BR BR BR Praise for ISLAND IN THE SEA OF TIME: * "...one of the best BR time/travel alternate history stories I've ever read, period. BR Stirling combines complex, believable characters, meticulous BR research, and a fascinating setup to produce a book you won't BR want to--and won't be able to--put down." --Harry Turtledove, BR bestselling author of Guns of the South * "...unquestionably BR Steve Stirling's best work to date, a page-turner that is BR certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans. I BR wouldn't be surprised to see it on a few awards ballots BR either." --George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones * BR "A well thought-out time travel scenario with a few interesting BR differences from most books in the genre." --Kliatt * "Stirling BR has surpassed his previous work in the creation of a compelling BR cast of characters and does a fine job of conveying both a BR sense of loss and hope." --Science Fiction ChronicleBR BR BR BR BR