1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies

Swashbuckling adventure in the 1632-verse

This alternate-history entry into the 1632 "Ring of Fire" Universe details the efforts of the United States of Europe - spearheaded by the citizens of the town of Grantville, West Virginia (who have been mysteriously relocated to central Germany in 1631), the Dutch, and the Danes - to develop a source in the "New World" for the petroleum deposits required to run their "uptime" ships, vehicles, and other devices.

I was able to enjoy this book having only previously read "1632" (available for free on Amazon) and "1633". However, reading the anthology "Ring of Fire I", which includes stories that set the scene for many of the plot threads in this novel, would not serve the reader amiss.

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