1636 - The Saxon Uprising

by Eric Flint

Ebook, 2011

Status

Available

Call number

Fic SF Flint

Publication

Baen Books

Description

King Gustavus of Sweden orders General Mike Stearns of West Virginia to go to Saxony and restore order. Gretchen has been arrested there and is likely to be executed. The revolutionary groups which she has been working with are not about to let that happen, and suddenly there's rioting in the streets and Saxony's ruthless General Baner is determined to suppress the uprising.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Fledgist

Continuation of the story of the West Virginia town transported into the midst of the Thirty Years War. Now the action is focused on eastern Germany and Poland.

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LibraryThing member readinggeek451

The emperor's debilitating head injury throws the United States of Europe into near-civil-war, as the reactionaries launch a counter-revolution.

Another good entry in this long-running series. This volume comes to a satisfactory conclusion, but there are plenty of loose threads to be woven into more

stories--and every reason to believe that there will be many more.

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LibraryThing member superant

1636 the Saxon Uprising is a continuing novel in the Ring of Fire story world. As the title implies this story is set in 1636. King Gustav is mentally incapacitated and his second in command is actively launching a counter revolution to reverse the changes brought by the Americans to Germany and

Europe. There are multiple story plots. I was not interested in some of the subplots, but perhaps different subplots will appeal to different people. Dresden becomes the central military focus of the story with the largest Swede army laying siege in the name of the counter revolution. Inside is Gretchen and a small unit of revolutionaries. Gustav's daughter the young princess is 8 years old and plays an important role in supporting the revolution. This novel was in the spirit and tone of the previous Ring of Fire stories and readable and well written. My only criticism is that most of the characters are the same person.

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LibraryThing member dswaddell

With Emporer Gustav in a coma from his wounds the USE is on the brink of a civil war. A fast paced fun book.

LibraryThing member JeremyPreacher

Finally we're back to at least solid competence. This isn't a good book - I don't think more than one or two of the ten have been objectively good - but at least it's workmanlike and the plot moves along some. It will probably be the last one I actively seek out, because the conceit is wearing on

me by now and the charmingly archetypal characters have become merely flat and predictable, but at least it leaves me on a relatively high note.

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LibraryThing member Schedim

Stable writing as always of Flint, perhaps a bit long winded in places, as usual. The concept of the 1632 series is interesting and double up that because Flint has allowed it to grow into a shared universe. That allows for a real "world-buliding" on several conjectures and tangents not possible

(or highly unlikely) for one person.
But the strength of 1632 is also its fate. As more and more of the 17th century is transformed by the "up-timers" it becomes less and less alternate history and more and more alternate contemporary.
But there is still a lot of good stories to write in there.

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LibraryThing member jamespurcell

This series continues in an outstanding fashion as Eric Flint alters the political, business and social structure of the 17th Century.

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