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1636, seas of fortune, Iver P. Cooper

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1636

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Iver P. Cooper

The Ring of Fire series

seas of fortune

"A cosmic catastrophe, the Ring of Fire, strands the West Virginia town of Grantville back in time in the middle of the Thirty Years War. The repercussions of that event is transforming Europe, and the impact is now being felt across two great oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific, as told in two ... novellas: Stretching out: The United States of Europe seeks out resources--oil, rubber and even aluminum ore--to help it wage war against the foes of freedom. Daring pioneers cross the Atlantic and found a new colony on the Wild Coast of South America. The colonists hope that with the up-timers' support and knowledge they can prosper in the tropics without resort to Indian and African slavery. Then a slave ship visits the colony, seeking water ... and the colonists must make a fateful choice. Rising sun: In 1633, the wave of change emanating from the Ring of Fire reaches Japan. The Shogun is intrigued by samples of up-time technology, but it is his learning what fate has in store for Japan in the old time line that has the greatest impact--setting events in motion whose tremors are felt thousands of miles away and for years to come, as Japan pulls back from a policy of isolation and stakes out its own claim in the brave new world created by the arrival of the time-lost Americans."--Page [4] of cover

Stretching out. Amazon adventure -- Second starts -- Maria's mission -- Beyond the line -- Riding the tiger -- King of the jungle -- Tears of the sun, milk of the moon -- The rising sun. Where the cuckoo flies -- Fallen leaves -- Wild geese -- Autumn wind -- The night heron's scream -- Ancillary material. Stretching out cast of characters -- Rising sun cast of characters -- Afterword

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