Book #18 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire
series, and the team behind national bestseller 1636: The Kremlin
Games. The Ring of Fire has over 1.5 million copies in print. After
carving a free state for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe,
citizens of the modern town of Grantville, West Virginia contend with
aristocratic forces determined to keep their grip on power.
When Grantville, West Virginia was transported back to the year 1631 --
in the middle of the Thirty Years' War, no less -- many things happened.
Many opportunities arose. It's said that a rising tide lifts all boats.
Perhaps not quite as high as the Barbie Consortium rose, however.
A cabal of ten- to twelve-year-old girls?
They aren't twelve anymore. And they gave up playing with dolls some
years ago, when they sold them all and started an investment consortium.
A consortium that did quite well.
The Barbie Consortium hits Vienna. In several different ways. The
princes and princesses, dukes and duchesses, the common men and women on
the street have no idea what's about to happen.Neither do the girls, but
they're determined it'll happen their way.
**About 1636: The Devil's Opera:
**"Another engaging alternate history from a master of the
genre."--Booklist
". . . an old-style police-procedural mystery, set in 17th century
Germany. . . . the threads . . . spin together . . . to weave an
addictively entertaining story. . . . a strong addition to a fun
series."-- *Daily News of Galveston County
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**About Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series:
**"This alternate history series is...a landmark..."--Booklist
"[Eric] Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop
of gifted alternate historians."--Booklist
"...reads like a technothriller set in the age of the
Medicis..."--Publishers Weekly
