1634: The Baltic War

Written by Eric Flint and David Weber

Narrated by George Guidall

The Baltic War which began in the novel 1633 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. 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. 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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781470360917

Reviews for 1634

[longhorndaniel · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is the 3rd in the series and I actually connected better with this one than the 1st 2; excellent development of plot and characters; drawn together nicley as well as good set up for future books. good good story.

[jeremypreacher · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The Baltic War is pretty much straight military-historical fiction, with of course the "up-time" twist. There are some fun characters (Prince Ulrik is quite the charmer) and I think the comparative focus helped it avoid some of the tediousness of Weber and Flint's prior effort in the series. (That being said, this is not a series to pick up if infodumps bug you. There's at least one staid history textbook wedged between the pages of the series as a whole.)

I didn't really care for the England stuff, and felt it wrapped up a little too neatly to be believable, but Weber overwhelming naval superiority is definitely a good time.

[dswaddell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A very light hearted and entertaining book. The characters are fun and interesting as is the storyline.

[servuslibri_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The Baltcv War continues the Assiti Shards separation from history while it adds charactes from history. The plot bounces around between threads as do many of the other books, but its not handled quite as weill. Not the best book in the set, but well worth reading if you liked any others or wish to continue in the set.

[enance_7 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Another disappointment in this series. If I didn't think it had so much promise, I wouldn't complain so much. That said, favorite characters devolve into caricatures of themselves (all of the tower inhabitants and longstanding plot lines are tied up too quickly. I think the authors are getting bored, but there are too many suckers like me paying full price for new hardbacks.