The Alexander Inheritance (1) (Ring of Fire)

The Alexander Inheritance (1) (Ring of Fire)

NEW TIME TRAVEL ALT. HISTORY FROM A MASTER:Â Flint's Ring of Fire and Boundary series have proved him to be a master of time travel alternate history. Here then, a new tale of persons displaced in time, fighting for their lives.

Twice before, mysterious cosmic catastrophes have sent portions of the Earth across space and back in timeâ€”first, with the Grantville Disaster in West Virginia, and then again with a maximum security prison in southern Illinois.

Now, the planet is struck with yet another such cataclysm, whose direct impact falls upon the Queen of the Sea, a cruise ship in the Caribbean. When the convulsions subside, the crew and passengers of the ship discover that they have arrived in a new and frightening world.

They are in the Mediterranean now, not the Caribbean. Still worse, they discover that the disaster has sent them more than two thousand years back in time. Following the advice of an historian among the passengers, Marie Easley, they sail to Egyptâ€”or, at least, where they hope Egypt will be.

Sure enough, Egypt is thereâ€”ruled over by Ptolemy, the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty and one of Alexander the Greatâ€™s chief generals.

Alexander the Great, it turns out, died just two years ago. The western world has just entered what would become known as the Hellenistic Period of history, during which time Greek civilization would spread around the Mediterranean and beyond. But the first fifty years of the Hellenistic Period was the Age of Diadochiâ€”the Time of the Successorsâ€”when Alexanderâ€™s empire would collapse into chaos. By the time the Successors finished their strife, every single member of Alexanderâ€™s dynasty would be murdered and only three of the generals who began that civil war would still be alive.

That is the new world in which the Queen of the Sea finds itself. Can Marie Easley and Captain Lars Flodden guide the crew and passengers through this cataclysm? Fortunately, they have some help: a young Norwegian shipâ€™s officer who forms an attachment to Alexanderâ€™s widow; a French officer who is a champion pistol marksman; a canny Congressman from Utahâ€”and, most of all, many people of the time who are drawn to a vision of the better world of the future.

About Eric Flintâ€™s Ring of Fire series:
â€œThis alternate history series isâ€¦a landmarkâ€¦â€â€”Booklist

â€œ[Eric] Flint'sÂ 1632Â universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.â€â€”Booklist

â€œâ€¦reads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicisâ€¦â€â€”Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Brand Baen
Manufacturer Baen
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781481482486
ReleaseDate 2017-07-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781481482486

Country	USA
Brand	Baen
Manufacturer	Baen
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781481482486
ReleaseDate	2017-07-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781481482486

The Alexander Inheritance (1) (Ring of Fire)

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