{"product_id":"1634-the-baltic-war-paperback","title":"1634: The Baltic War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Weber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric Flint\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. David Weber has written \u003cb\u003efifteen \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best sellers\u003c\/b\u003e and has over \u003cb\u003esix million books in print\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2. There are over \u003cb\u003ethree and a half million\u003c\/b\u003e copies in print of his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling Honor Harrington series, arguably the most popular series in science fiction today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e3. This alternate history series has over \u003cb\u003ethree-quarters of a million copies in print\u003c\/b\u003e, and three novels in the series have been \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best sellers\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e4. Best-selling author Eric Flint has a large and still growing audience. His \u003ci\u003e1632\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in the series, was a smash hit, with over 95,000 copies sold and an 89% sell through. \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e called it \"gripping and expertly detailed.\" Everyone who read \u003ci\u003e1632 \u003c\/i\u003ewill be anxiously awaiting the arrival of this sequel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e5. Full-color series brochure \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e6. Special kit mailing \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e7. BookSense mailing \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e8. Co-op available \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e9. 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Trade advertising with new hardcover  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Baltic War which began in the novel \u003ci\u003e1633\u003c\/i\u003e is still raging, and the time-lost Americans of Grantville--the West Virginia town hurled back into the seventeenth century by a mysterious cosmic accident--are caught in the middle of it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden and Emperor of the United States of Europe, prepares a counter-attack on the combined forces of France, Spain, England, and Denmark--former enemies which have allied in the League of Ostend to destroy the threat to their power that the Americans represent--which are besieging the German city of Luebeck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elsewhere in war-torn Europe, several American plans are approaching fruition. Admiral Simpson of Grantville frantically races against time to finish the USE Navy's ironclad ships--desperately needed to break the Ostender blockade of the Baltic ports. A commando unit sent by Mike Stearns to England prepares the rescue the Americans being held in the Tower of London. In Amsterdam, Rebecca Stearns continues three-way negotiations with the Prince of Orange and the Spanish Cardinal-Infante who has conquered most of the Netherlands. And, in Copenhagen, the captured young USE naval officer Eddie Cantrell tries to persuade the King of Denmark to break with the Ostender alliance, all while pursuing a dangerous romantic involvement with one of the Danish princesses.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more than eight million copies of his books in print and 33 titles on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list, \u003cb\u003eDavid Weber\u003c\/b\u003e is a science fiction powerhouse. In the vastly popular Honor Harrington series, the spirit of C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's \u003ci\u003eMaster and Commander \u003c\/i\u003elives on--into the galactic future. Books in the Honor Harrington and Honorverse series have appeared on 21 bestseller lists, including \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today.\u003c\/i\u003e Additional Honorverse collaborations include the spin-off miniseries Manticore Ascendant with\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author, Timothy Zahn; and with Eric Flint, \u003ci\u003eCrown of Slaves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCauldron of Ghosts \u003c\/i\u003econtribute to his illustrious list of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and international bestseller lists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Best known for his spirited, modern-minded space operas, Weber is also the creator of the Oath of Swords fantasy series and the Dahak saga, a science fiction and fantasy hybrid. Weber has also engaged in a steady stream of best-selling collaborations: the Starfire Series with Steve White; The Empire of Man Series with John Ringo; the Multiverse Series with Linda Evans and Joelle Presby; and the Ring of Fire Series with Eric Flint. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Weber makes his home in South Carolina with his wife and children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Flint\u003c\/b\u003e was the creator of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling Ring of Fire series, the best-selling alternate history series of all time. Beginning with \u003ci\u003e1632\u003c\/i\u003e, Flint--along with dozens of cowriters--chronicled what happened when the 20th-century town of Grantville, West Virginia, was transported through time and space to 17th-century Europe. In addition, Flint was the author, with \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest seller David Weber, of the Crown of Slaves Saga, as well as the Belisarius series with best-selling author David Drake. Flint was the editor of \u003ci\u003eJim Baen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e's Universe\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as numerous short story anthologies. Before becoming a writer, Flint worked as a trade union organizer, longshoreman, truck driver, auto worker, steel worker, oil worker, meatpacker, glassblower, and machinist. 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