Grantville, West Virginia, in the year 2000, is transposed within an area of southern Thuringia of Germany in the 1630s. Grantvillers subsequently take on the Holy Roman Empire's troops in the Thirty Years' War, to maintain their own town's integrity.[2]
A diplomatic and trade mission to the Italies goes awry when youngsters attached to the mission decide to rescue Galileo from the Inquisition, and end up in a plot to assassinate the Pope. The plot is hatched by a French operative turned rebel, who wishes to destroy France to allow the rise of the Huguenots.[6]
Cardinal Borja, incensed with the behavior of Pope Urban, decides to assassinate the Pope and his political allies and to have himself declared the new Pope. Though Borja manages to take over the Vatican and establish quorum with cowed Cardinals, the old Pope escapes.[8]
Western Europe maneuvers to contain Gustavus Adolphus, resulting in a naval battle in the Baltic, and the conquest of Denmark by Sweden, and victory for Grantville's navy of ironclads.[10]
The Prince Cardinal Infante of Spain takes on vice-regal duties in the Spanish Netherlands, then decides to separate from Spain and declare himself King. With the aide of Grantvillers, he acquires a bride in the rebellious daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, Duchess Anna Maria.[11]
A sequel to The Galileo Affair and The Bavarian Crisis.
A French Huguenot rebel plots to blame Richelieu for an attack on Grantville. Focuses chiefly on the lives of mid-level government employees and private citizens of Grantville following the end of those prior novels, and leading to major political changes throughout the USE.[12]
Sweden and USE invade Poland, Gustavus Adolphus is seriously injured, and the invasion comes to a halt.[14] Episodes five and six of The Anaconda Project, an interrupted series in Grantville Gazette volumes 12–21, were incorporated into chapters four and five of 1635: The Eastern Front.
Oxenstierna usurps the power of USE parliament, sides with the nobility, and forces the country into a civil war which is ultimately won by supporters of FoJP and CoC led by Mike Stearns.[16]
The Pope is pursued across Italian countryside by assassins sent by Borja, while the USE mounts commando raids to rescue Frank Stone and his wife from Spanish captivity.[19]
Eddie Cantrell and Anne Cathrine marry and are sent by Admiral Simpson to Caribbean to secure access to the Jennings Oil Field. Naval battle ensues with the Spanish and settlers which ends in a standoff.[24]
Sequel to Barbie Consortium stories, continues directly with some characters from Saxon Uprising.
The Barbie Consortium travel to Vienna as part of a plan to fix the Austro-Hungarian economy and defend its future. Meanwhile, the Ottomans, flush with victory, turn their gaze to Europe and their old enemy.[25][26]
A sequel to The Baltic War and Commander Cantrell in the West Indies.
Cardinal Richelieu's position in France is further threatened by Gaston, the younger brother of King Louis XIII, while the same monarch and his wife devise a plan to protect the throne from his ambitious brother and enemies.[28][29] This book was a finalist for the 2016 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.[30]
Direct sequel to both 1636: The Saxon Uprising and 1636: The Viennese Waltz.
The USE's war with Poland enters a new stage while the invasion of Bavaria comes to a conclusion. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Empire comes ever closer to their long-sought goal of capturing Vienna.[25][33][34] This book was a finalist for the 2017 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.[35]
A delegation from the USE is sent to the Mughal Empire to secure both trade deals and establish a new trade route. All the while, various elements in the royal court scheme to usurp Shah Jahan.[37]
Urban VIII pulls together a consistory as a mini-Vatican II and is then assassinated. Cardinal Bedmar is elected as the new Pope but Borja still occupies the Vatican. Results in a deep divide within Catholicism; Spain, Poland, Bavaria go for Borja in Rome, deep division within Austria.[25][39]
Czar Michael Romanov and his supporters withstand the siege of Ufa, his new capitol. The Czar sends envoys beyond the Urals and establishes a Constitutional Convention for a new Russian Empire.[42]
The Ottomans continue with their invasion of Austria. At the same time, Saxony seized control of Lower Silesia, a region that has been in dispute with Poland for almost a century. Polish revolutionaries seized control of Galicia while Bohemia also became involved in that regional conflict.[44] Includes (parts from) The Anaconda Project, an interrupted series in Grantville Gazette volumes 12–21.
Can uptimers, with their knowledge of the future, prevent the destruction of the Ming Empire by the Manchu that led to large-scale massacres (such as the 1645 Yangzhou massacre) in our timeline?[46]
Following the events described in 1637: The Polish Maelstrom, the ruler of Transylvania request the assistance of Bohemia to help them overthrow their Ottoman overlords.[60] First book to be released after Flint's death in July 2022.
Third mainline novel in the Russian thread and sequel to 1637: The Volga Rules. Civil war continues in Russia. The oligarchs traditionalists holding Moscow continue to fight the czar and his uptimer advisors.[64] This is the second book to be released after Flint's death. This book was nominated for the 2024 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.[65][66]
The weaving industry in England is influence after contact with the Americans imprisoned in the Tower of London.[69] This is the third book to be released after Flint's death.
A sequel to 1636: The Cardinal Virtues. Civil war in France. After the unexpected death of King Louis XIII, who is the rightful ruler of France, Louis's younger brother Gaston, or Louis's newborn son Louis?[72] This is the fourth book to be released after Flint's death.
Several intertwining short stories combine to form a narrative that covers the overthrow of the ruling order by the common people, in a democracy drive, led by a political newspaper featuring a political cartoon starring a ram[76]
The story of the Barbie Consortium, from its origins in competition with the Sewing Circle, to just before the climax of The Viennese Waltz. Much of the book is content originally published in the Grantville Gazette.[83]
Book is about a character that was first developed by Offord and Boatright and includes some material that was previous published in the electronic version of the Grantville Gazette plus additional new material.[86] This book is followed by 1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner.
Book is about a few characters which Pedersen introduced in the Ring of Fire I anthology and is also a sequel to 1635: The Tangled Web involving intrigue in the German states along the Rhine.[87]
Includes two unrelated novellas, The Flight of the Nightingale and Bach to the Future. Some of the material is new while the rest was previously published in the Gazette. The first novella is a suspense thriller in which a downtime singer-songwriter being chased through Northern Italy while trying to escape to freedom in Grantville. The second novella is a serial that includes new material added to that was previously published six parts within issues 26 through 69 about the downtimer musician Johann Bach and his introduction to the music of his never-to-be-born grandnephew Johann Sebastian Bach.[88]
A short novel by Flint, Goodlett and Huff plus seven inter-related short stories from several additional writers about the response by Dutch and English colonists and Native Americans in North America upon hearing about the impending French takeover of the former English colonies in North America. A partial follow-up to 1636: The Atlantic Encounter[89]
On August 16, 2022, Lucille Robbins, the widow of Eric Flint, officially announced the immediate shutdown of both The Grantville Gazette and the Ring of Fire Press. Without a huge infusion of new cash, it was determined that both business ventures would not be economically viable without Flint's participation.[90][91] As a result, all titles became out-of-print; ebook distribution had ceased, and the limited pre-existing stock of new paper editions at authorized retailers will disappear soon.
Some authors, such as Bjorn Hasseler and Virginia DeMarce, have made arrangements with Baen Books to have Baen republish and distribute their books, while other authors, such as Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett, have decided on the self-publishing route via Amazon (which limit distributions via third-party resellers). Since not all authors have found a new publisher, some titles might remain out-of-print for some time.
Originally published as a serial in 9 parts in Gazette volumes 22, 23, 28–31, and 33–35 as Northwest Passage. Heavily rewritten and includes new material by Herbert Sakalaucks plus a new short story by Eric Flint.[93]
Originally published as a serial in 3 parts in Gazette volumes 46–48. Re-written with new material added.[99] Republished independently by authors in 2022. 979-8356564475
Originally published as 7 related stories in Gazette volumes 2, 3, 5, 13, 31, 44, 45, and 46 under various titles. Includes 2 non-fiction articles.[100]
Sequel to Mackey's Essen Steel. New material that has never been previously published. This book also help set up the events that led to the beginning to Pedersen's book 1635: The Wars for the Rhine that was first published in 2016.[103]
The Monster Society
April 2018
Eric S. Brown, Robert E. Waters and Anna G. Carpenter
Originally published as a serial in 8 parts in Gazette volumes 61–71 plus one original installment with a promise that the storyline introduced in the new story would be continued in the Gazette.[104]
Originally published as a serial in 6 parts in Gazette volumes 70–75. Includes new material that continues the story.[105] Republished in 2024 by Baen Books.[106]978-1-964856-10-0
Originally published as a series of semi-related short stories about painter Daniel Block in Gazette volumes 46, 50, 60, 61, 62, and 67. The short story The Winter Canvas: A Daniel Block Story was awarded the Gazette's Best of 2016 Award.[107] Includes minor changes.[108]
Includes a new novel that is an expansion of their D'Artagnan short stories that were published in Gazette volumes 10 and 41, and Ring of Fire III, which are also included.[109]
New novel containing original unpublished material about the invasion of the Spanish Philippines by the Dutch and Japanese, an event that was briefly hinted at in Cooper's previous work 1636: Seas of Fortune, and also about the peaceful transfer of Spanish Formosa (northern Taiwan) to Zheng Zhilong, a private merchant and an admiral in the Ming navy, approximately 30 years ahead of schedule.[110] Republished in 2024 by Baen Books.[111]978-1-948818-11-7
Includes material that was previously published in six parts in volumes 52–57 of the Gazette as An Uneasy Kind of Peace with new material about the development and growth of the buffer state between France and the USE called the County of Burgundy.[112] Republished in 2024 by Baen Books.[113]978-1-62579-976-0
A new and not previously published novel about a young Native American's journey to Grantville and back to his homeland in what is now New England.[117]
Adventures of the Dr. Seuss loving Duke Henri de Rohan and his family that was previously published in several issues of the Grantville Gazette and Ring of Fire IV plus new material.[118] Republished in 2024 by Baen Books.[119]978-1-62579-977-7
Another Carrico 1632 police drama; a follow-up to 1635: Music and Murder and 1636: The Devil's Opera. Material that was previously published in the Grantville Gazette plus some new material.[120] Republished in 2025 by Baen Books.[121]978-1-964856-09-4
A detective story set in Goodlett and Huff's Russian sub-thread that started with 1636: The Kremlin Games and 1637: The Volga Rules. New material.[122]Two Cases for the Czar is the sequel to this book. (Republished independently by authors in 2022. 979-8358594364)
An Encyclopædia Britannica article from Grantville introduces new ideas to remote the Spanish North American outpost of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. Would the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 occur ahead of schedule with the same deadly results? New material.[123]
A compilation of 7 short stories that were previous published in the Gazette from volumes 55 through 66 that centered around the chocolate and uptimer-style food cafe that is operated in Copenhagen by uptimer Reva Pridmore plus new material that bind the separate stories together to create a unified narrative.[125]
Things Could Be Worse: The Pastor Kastenmayer Stories
Sequel to A Holmes For the Czar. Another mysterious death has occurred in Russia which only the Czar's detective can solve.[128] (Republished independently by authors in 2022. 979-8359078610)
Prince Frederik of Denmark, the second son of King Christian IV, gets appointed the governor of the new province of Westphalia in the USE. There is no end to problems, and he suspects his appointment was designed to fail.[129] Republished in 2024 by Baen Books.[130]978-1-62579-979-1
Collection of short stories about the adventures of two reporters working for the Grantville Inquisitor. Mostly new material based upon characters that was first introduced in the Ring of Fire II anthology and various issues of the Gazette.[131]
Down-time ex-mercenaries form a security firm based upon uptime principles. Includes new material plus material previously published in the Gazette.[132] Republished in 2024 by Baen Books.[133]978-1-62579-957-9
Sequel to Two Cases for the Czar. Vasilii and Miroslava returns to solve another case.[134] (Republished independently by authors in 2022. 979-8361828845)
A commemorative publication of the late Bergstralh's complete work of short stories and non-fiction articles that were published in the Gazette (2003–2011).[138]
A young college student's short visit to her parents' home in Grantville to do laundry in 2000 turns into an unexpected trip to 17th century Germany.[139]
An anthology of 21 Christmas (and Hanukkah) related short stories in the 1632-verse by Eric Flint and his many collaborators.[142] The short stories were re-released in two special issues of 1632 & Beyond as Special Issue #1[143] and Special Issue #2[144] that were released in November and December 2024 respectively.
What happens when recipes and cooking techniques from 20th century America gets blended with 17th century German ingredients and culinary traditions? A Grantville version of fusion cuisine that would have inspired Wolfgang Puck.[145]
An expansion and continuation of the six stories that were first published in the Gazette volume 68 about the start of the SoTF marshals service in Suhl that serves the district court based in the same city. 19th century American southwest law enforcement solving crimes in 17th century Germany.[146]
A story about two not very successful con artists who decided to become spies. Or "How to succeed at spying without really trying..."[147] Republished in 2024 by Baen Books.[148]978-1-62579-980-7
