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Against the Tide of Years
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Against the Tide of Years Paper back - 1999

by S. M. Stirling

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In the years since their arrival, the fledging Republic of Nantucket has striven to better the primitive world in which they now exist. Their prime concerns are establishing a constitution and handling the waves of immigrants from the British Isles. But a renegade time traveler plans his own future by forging an empire for himself based on conquest by modern technology. The Republic has no alternative but to face the inevitable war brought on by one of their own.

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Roc, May 1999. Paper Back. Good. Minor shelving wear.
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  • Title Against the Tide of Years
  • Author S. M. Stirling
  • Binding Paper Back
  • Edition Later Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Roc, Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date May 1999
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 263720
  • ISBN 9780451457431 / 0451457439
  • Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.7 x 4.16 x 1.31 in (17.02 x 10.57 x 3.33 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Adventure fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002561962
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Against the Tide of Years continues the adventures of the Nantucket residents who have been transported through time to the Bronze Age. In the years since their arrival, the fledging Republic of Nantucket has striven to better the primitive world in which they now exist. Their prime concerns are establishing a constitution and handling the waves of immigrants from the British Isles. But a renegade time traveler plans his own future by forging an empire for himself based on conquest by modern technology. The Republic has no alternative but to face the inevitable war brought on by one of their own....

From the publisher

S. M. Stirling is the author of numerous novels, both on his own and in collaboration. A former lawyer and an amateur historian, he lives in the Southwest with his wife, Jan.

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About the author

S. M. Stirling is the author of many science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Novels of the Change (including Prince of Outcasts, The Desert and the Blade, The Golden Princess, The Given Sacrifice, Lord of Mountains) and the Shadowspawn series (A Taint in the Blood, The Council of Shadows, Shadows of Falling Night).

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