1636, Eric Flint
1636, Eric Flint
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1636
Commander Cantrell in the West Indies

Author: Eric Flint, Charles E. Gannon

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 21 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/31/2014


Synopsis

New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling alternate history series. Book #14 in the Ring of Fire series created by Eric Flint. Eddie Cantrell, now married to the king of Denmark's daughter, is sent by Admiral Simpson to the Caribbean to secure access to the most valuable commodity on that continent-not the gold and silver which the Spanish treasure, but the oil which up-time machines and industry need. The admiral has also provided Eddie's small task force with the new steam-powered frigates that have just come out of the navy's shipyards. Even with the frigates, a giant obstacle stands in his way: the Gulf-girdling Spanish presence in the New World. So a diversion is needed, carried out by an up-time car mechanic and a down-time mercenary colonel who also happens to be the last earl of Ireland. Their mission: grab the oil fields on Trinidad, and so distract the attention of Spain's New World governors. While the Spanish galleons and troops head for Trinidad, Commander Cantrell's smallest and fastest steam sloop will make a run to the Louisiana coast. There, her crew will wind their way up the bayous to the real New World prize: the Jennings Oil Field. But Cantrell's plans could be wrecked in a multitude of ways. He faces often-hostile natives, rambunctious Dutch ship captains, allied colonies on the brink of starvation, and vicious social infighting that can barely be contained by his capable and passionate new wife. When the galleons finally come out in force to engage his small flotilla, Eddie will discover that the Spanish aren't the only enemies who will be coming against him in a fateful Caribbean show-down.

About Eric Flint

Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction, with three million books in print. He's the author/creator of the multiple New York Times bestselling Ring of Fire series starting with the novel 1632. Flint was for many years a labor union activist. He lives near Chicago, Illinois.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Liviu on July 23, 2014

The second half of the huge novel started in Eastern front - this one ends very well the main thread from there and of course continues the epic saga of the different 17 century that resulted from the transplantation of Grantville, W Va 2000 in Thuringia 1631; the books breathe new life in a series......more

Goodreads review by Dan on January 04, 2021

2018 re-read: Superb.......more

Goodreads review by Debrac2014 on June 30, 2018

Good story! Ulrik and Kristina are a great match! Long live the King! Really like his cousin Erik Hand! He's good with a gun!......more

Goodreads review by Melinda on April 14, 2011

These just keep getting better!......more

Goodreads review by BJ on February 29, 2024

When the cat is away, the mice will play. At the end of The Eastern Front, Emperor Gustav suffers a head injury in battle that leaves him, for a time, witless. This is that time. Axel Oxenstierna gathers all of the discontented noblemen in Berlin with the goal of rolling back the clock on all these "d......more