“In this luscious alternative universe, sidekicks quote the Lone Ranger and Right inevitably triumphs with panache. What more could adventure-loving readers ask for?”—Publishers WeeklyOakland, 1946. Ex-soldier John Rolfe, newly back from the Pacific, has made a fabulous discovery: A portal to an alternate America where Europeans have never set foot—and the only other humans in sight are a band of … other humans in sight are a band of very curious Indians. Able to return at will to the modern world, Rolfe summons the only people with whom he is willing to share his discovery: his war buddies. And tells them to bring their families…
Los Angeles, twenty-first century. Fish and Game warden Tom Christiansen is involved in the bust of a smuggling operation. What he turns up is something he never anticipated: a photo of authentic Aztec priests decked out in Grateful Dead T-shirts, and a live condor from a gene pool that doesn’t correspond to any known in captivity or the wild. It is a find that will lead him to a woman named Adrienne Rolfe—and a secret that’s been hidden for sixty years…
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I loved the idea of Northern California before any white people came to screw it all up. I’ve thought about this book so many times since I read it.
This is a wonderful book. It is not a fast read, but it is highly entertaining and pulls the reader in to an alternative reality that seems completely reasonable. I highly recommend all of S.M. Stirling’s books.
His other series are way better.
Reworked from a while back, much better now
One of the very best books I have ever read
We’ll thought out
Like Sterling’s other books, this one describes an alternative world. Interesting characters and plausible speculation of what such a world might look like.