Against the Tide of Years
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0451457439 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 454 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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But epic-fantasy readers, Burroughs and Haggard fans desiring a modern update of the lost-civilization adventure novel, and anyone who ever read Patrick O'Brian for the terrific sea-battles will enjoy it as well. In Stirling's bestselling Island in the Sea of Time, modern Nantucket found itself trapped in the Bronze Age. --Cynthia Ward. Of course this ambitious, action-packed series is perfect for time-travel, alternate-history, and military-SF fans. In the sequel, Against the Tide of Years, the renegade William Walker forges a dangerous alliance with the ancient Greek kings Agamemnon and Odysseus; Commodore Marian Alston faces terrible sea storms and cannon-armed Phoenician s
M. S. . Stirling is the author of numerous novels, both on his own and in collaboration. A former lawyer and an amateur historian, he lives in the Southwest with his wife, Jan
"Better than the first" according to LD. I almost feel like I enjoyed this book more than the first one. The characters are enthralling, and the way the book delves into the arts of the past helped the story continue in new and exciting ways. I'm left wondering how our current timeline would be affected by the ways this alternate history takes place and how the peoples of the world would be something new and exciting. I frequently found myself saying just one more chapter until I'd actually just decided to sit . A Rarity: A Sequel Even Better than the Original Eight years after the Event, the Nantucketers finally decide that William Walker must be brought to justice. (What took them so long?) This is the first (not quite) half of that story, and I found it even more enjoyable than the first book, Island in the Sea of Time (Island), which you should read first because it provides the background.Most of the action in ATTOY takes place in the (then) fertile crescent where Western civilization began, and some history of which is k. "just such a great writter." according to john s. eaton II. finally got my hardbound copyhave all the change books but this one in hard boundread the whole serries about every year or sojust such a great writterso knowlegable of geographic area, combat of the eras based onsocieties, and religion, to name just a bit.really great stuffsucks you right in
The Republic has no alternative but to face the inevitable war brought on by one of their own.. In the years since their arrival, the fledging Republic of Nantucket has striven to better the primitive world in which they now exist. Against the Tide of Years continues the adventures of the Nantucket residents who have been transported through time to the Bronze Age. But a renegade time traveler plans his own future by forging an empire for himself based on conquest by modern technology. Their prime concerns are establishing a constitution and handling the waves of immigrants from the British Isles