1636: Grantville has bounced back and established its new mission and 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's utterly changed.
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1636: Grantville has bounced back and established its new mission and 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's utterly changed.
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- 1636. Grantville has bounced back and established its new mission andidentity, but it seems some have been left behind — people like BernieZeppi, courageous in the battle, but unable to figure out what to do withhimself in a world that’s utterly changed. Then Russian emissary VladimirGorchacov arrives in Grantville and hires Bernie to journey to Moscow and bringthe future to a Russia mired in slavish serfdom and byzantine imperial plots.Bernie jumps at the chance. He figures it to be an easy gig, complete with highpay and hot-and-cold running women. But one thing Bernie hasn’t counted onis the chance to find his purpose in Mother Russia, from fighting the needlessdeath of children from typhoid to building the first dirigible in Russianhistory. War with Poland is afoot and Russia itself is about to get a revolutionfrom within — three centuries early. Bernie Zeppi, former Grantville automechanic, is going to have the chance to prove he’s not the loser hebelieved himself to be. For now Bernie’s task is to save the woman heloves and the country he has come to call his own from collapse into a new DarkAge!
About the Author
Eric Flint was the creator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series, the best-selling alternate history series of all time. Beginning with 1632, Flint--along with dozens of cowriters--chronicled what happened when the 20th-century town of Grantville, West Virginia, was transported through time and space to 17th-century Europe. In addition, Flint was the author, with New York Times best seller David Weber, of the Crown of Slaves Saga, as well as the Belisarius series with best-selling author David Drake. Flint was the editor of Jim Baen's Universe, as well as numerous short story anthologies. Before becoming a writer, Flint worked as a trade union organizer, longshoreman, truck driver, auto worker, steel worker, oil worker, meatpacker, glassblower, and machinist. Eric Flint passed away in 2022.
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