Sixteen Thirty Two
Sixteen Thirty Two by Eric Flint, published by Baen Books in 2000, is a first edition novel comprising 504 pages. This work presents a unique intersection of modern American democracy and the historical turmoil of the Thirty Years War in seventeenth-century Germany. The story begins with a wedding celebration in Grantville, West Virginia, which is abruptly disrupted by a mysterious accident in time, leading to a confrontation between armed miners and invaders threatening their town.
Readers will find a narrative that explores themes of freedom and justice as Mike Stearn, along with his fellow miners, confronts the chaos unleashed by the time anomaly. The setting is marked by the harsh realities of famine, disease, and religious conflict that plague northern Germany, contrasting sharply with the relative peace of Grantville. As the characters navigate this tumultuous landscape, the clash of cultures and ideologies unfolds, providing a rich backdrop for the unfolding drama. This edition invites readers to delve into a blend of fiction, fantasy, and historical science fiction, offering a thought-provoking exploration of resilience in the face of adversity.
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A mysterious accident in time causes twenty-first-century American democracy to collide head-on with the Thirty Years War in seventeenth-century Germany as Mike Stearn and a group of armed miners take on a gang of strangely attired invaders who are threatening peaceful Grantville, West Virginia. Original. Freedom and Justice-American Style 1632. And in northern Germany things couldn’t get much worse. Famine. Disease. Religious war laying waste the cities. Only the aristocrats remained relatively unscathed; for the peasants, death was a mercy. 2000 Things are going OK in Grantville, West Virginia, and everybody attending the wedding of Mike Stearn’s sister (including the entire local chapter of the United Mine Workers of America, which Mike leads) is having a good time. Then, everything changed. When the dust settles, Mike leads a group of armed miners to find out what happened and finds the road into town is cut, as with a sword. On the other side, a scene out of Hell: a man nailed to a farmhouse door, his wife and daughter attacked by men in steel vests. Faced with this, Mike and his friends don’t have to ask who to shoot. At that moment Freedom and Justice, American style, are introduced to the middle of the Thirty Years’ War.
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