1632 - first US edition - second printing

by Eric Flint

The ultimate Y2K glitch. A time travel story using the familiar plot device of a modern character displaced into a historical era. While always great fun these stories tend to push the bounds of credulity when it come to the introduction of modern technology, and they frequently fall apart toward the end for that reason. 1632 manages to remain faintly plausible throughout. Just how historically reasonable its plot may be is open to question, but it manages not to jar the reader too badly while he is engrossed in the tale. The characters are mostly well drawn, the action is brisk and (at least to my non-military eye) believable in context. Most importantly the book is just plain fun to read. The author has a good command of human emotion and motives, as well as seeming to know his history.

Book is purple boards in fine condition with like dustjacket.