1636: The Devils Opera (Ring of Fire Series Book 14)

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Titles which have the same number should be read about the same time, e. No matter how carefully you follow this, things will still not be entirely in strict chronological order.

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The works can also be read in an order reflecting the area of the world with which they are chiefly concerned, e. For a discussion of that, see the Wikipedia article reference at the end of these notes.

Parts of the Earth accidentally displaced backwards in time by art works of the Assiti. The series, based on a single displacement of a West Virginia back to Germany in the 30 Years War, is the lead series. They are actually transported to , but supposedly the publisher thought that was a more appealing title.

The series, including the reading order, is discussed at some length in Wikipedia: Related series Assiti Shards. Ring of Fire anthologies. Related publisher series Baen CD 01 Honorverse.

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Ruy Sanchez de Casador y Ortiz. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. Henrique Pereira da Costa. North Holland, the Netherlands.

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Amsterdam, North Holland, the Netherlands. Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania. Belem do Para, Estado do Maranhao. Related events Thirty Years' War. Thirty years war How do series work?

Helpers Heemphil 39 , juglicerr 37 , doctorhook 8 , lizzy50usa 5 , bw42 4 , JohnBobMead 2 , mbernardi 2 , LoveKarlsson 1 , marthag 1. Series by cover 1—8 of 31 next show all. Grantville Gazette I by Eric Flint. Ring of Fire by Eric Flint. The Baltic War by David Weber. The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint. The Galileo Affair by Eric Flint. The Bavarian Crisis by Eric Flint. The Cannon Law by Eric Flint. The Dreeson Incident by Eric Flint.

The Papal Stakes by Eric Flint. This plot-line includes orphan boys, boxers, policemen, construction workers, and a token female or three: The Opera is "Arthur Rex", once and future king, a nod to the politics of the series. Musician Marla vaults into national attention when she channels her anger at the world situation into a passionate rendition of Les Mis's "Do You Hear the People Sing.

Wonder if that will develop anywhere? The song is recorded, goes viral, and suddenly Marla is at the center of a very political opera, playing Guinevere. Marla's plot has men and women in about equal roles. Also one Italian man who sings soprano. The two plots run side by side and never meet until the end. The only thing that ties them together is the Evol Bizniz Man, who wants the boxer to become a killer, and is also stalking Marla the Musician. Jan 18, Mike rated it really liked it Shelves: I have read at least five books in Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series.

The series contains at least two types of books that I can identify. There are books that follow the large scale political implications of dropping a 20th century town into 17th century Germany. The tell the stories of kings, princes, armies, and the birth of new nations. These have been written by Eric Flint and collaborators. Other stories explore smaller stories that look at impacts on smaller scale. Some of these are written by Eric Flint, but some are written by other authors. I have tended to prefer the large scale stories like , , The Baltic War, but I have also enjoys some of the smaller scale books.

In particular I really enjoyed The Kremlin Games, where one of the West Virginians who has struggled to find a way to fit in his new world goes off to Russia to help one of the Russian nobles to import modern technology to a Russia that still has serfs. The are two threads to One deals with how modern police work is applied to a series of crimes in Madgeburg, Germany. The other thread follows the staging of political opera.

The two threads are woven together nicely. As in most science fiction, the heroes can seem to perfect, but enjoyed this one as well as I have the books in the mainline of the series.

Oct 07, Phil rated it it was amazing. Feb 22, Leslie Smith rated it it was amazing. By far the most interesting of the more recent books: Jul 06, Kevin Baker rated it liked it. Not a bad addition to the corpus. Not the best, but certainly far from the worst. An old fashion detective story This novel is the reworking of a set of short stories into a cohesive whole. It has transitioned from a few interwoven short mysteries into one whole story covering the entire set of works and reads very well.

Anyone who likes detective stories should enjoy this book, and for fans of the series of related novels it fills in a number of gaps by telling a story parallel and bridging over the events in some of the other novels in the same setting. Another solid entry in the Ring of Fire series, and I'm really loving the idea that a bunch of teenage girls AKA The Barbie Consortium are so aware of economics that they work with the Austria-Hungary Hapsburgs to save the country while having fun dating downtime young men. To them, it is all in a day's work This volume can get a bit confusing from time to time because of the large cast of characters, and would not make sense to anyone not very familiar with earlier tales in the series.

This book was entertaining in regards to the political movement and the crimes occurring. Some of the more musical parts dragged a bit but all in all, I liked the tie ins to previous books as the entire narrative moves forward. Jun 28, Judy rated it really liked it.

As usual, this has several on-going plots. Loved the "let the people sing" plot. My brain keeps singing, "We, the people". Nov 17, Jules Bertaut rated it really liked it Shelves: I like this series and this is a good addition to it. It was a quick and gripping read. Apr 28, Gail Morris rated it it was amazing. Organized crime in the 17th century. This was a decent crime novel. Nov 28, Daniel Shellenbarger rated it really liked it Shelves: The Devil's Opera is different from most if not all other Ring of Fire books in that it doesn't expand the universe in any significant ways.

It takes place entirely within the timeline of the previously released Rather than fleshing out the divergences caused by the arrival of the Uptimers or filling in ho almost two years later and finally got around to writing a review It's a very different sort of story than most of what we've gotten from Eric Flint and company but David Carrico proves that his skill in writing short stories as seen in the various Grantville Gazette collections translates well to a full length novel as he creates an array of interesting and flawed characters and builds a tense and creative story that nicely catches the weird industrial age-meets-medieval feel of Magdeburg and the interaction of up-timer and down-timer culture.

Even though the Devil's Opera strips away much of the political-historical development that I love about Ring of Fire, it makes up for it with some of the series best story-telling. If David Carrico ever gets around to writing his own series, I would be really interested to see what he comes up with because he has some real talent not going to complain if he keeps working for Flint though I'd love to see another book like this in the Ring of Fire universe and I'm incredibly excited to hear that he's finishing up the Jao series begun by Flint and the late K.

A strong entry in the now sprawling Ring of Fire series, built around the city of Magdeburg which as the capital of the United States of Europe has probably the largest population of "up-timers" outside of Grantville itself, as well as one of the greater collections of advanced technology, making it an interesting mix of things and the culture clash makes a good backdrop.

Plotwise you have an intersection of several different events that don't seem particularly interconnected, but all flow togeth A strong entry in the now sprawling Ring of Fire series, built around the city of Magdeburg which as the capital of the United States of Europe has probably the largest population of "up-timers" outside of Grantville itself, as well as one of the greater collections of advanced technology, making it an interesting mix of things and the culture clash makes a good backdrop. Plotwise you have an intersection of several different events that don't seem particularly interconnected, but all flow together at the end.

Arguably, the flow together a little too cleanly, but the characters are drawn well enough that's an easily forgivable sin. There's a solid cast of up-time and down-time characters as leads and they all do add something to the story as a whole. Part artistic production, part cop story you find yourself engaged with the characters and caring about what's going to happen to them rather quickly.

It frankly feels like a modern reality for what a cop's life is like. A daily grind indeed The artistic end is well handled too, and there's clearly a fine understanding of the complexities in writing and producing an opera and that's done well. Good stuff and one of the better tangential stories in this universe, featuring very little activity from any of the "main line" characters. Rebecca shows up briefly, but it's almost a cameo, as is the appearance of Gustav Adolf.

Otherwise, it's new characters or ones who have held relatively minor roles until now. Music and Murder , so I was really looking forward to this which in many ways is a direct sequel. High expectations can lead to disappointment. This wasn't bad, but wasn't as good as I had hoped. There are multiple storylines and the book jumps around between them.

At various times the viewpoint characters are Simon, a young boy who lives on the streets until informally adopted by Hans Metzger; Hans as he develops a career as a professional boxer; police officers Byron Chieske and G I loved At various times the viewpoint characters are Simon, a young boy who lives on the streets until informally adopted by Hans Metzger; Hans as he develops a career as a professional boxer; police officers Byron Chieske and Gotthilf Hoch who are investigating several crimes; Italian criminals Ciclope and Pietro who have been hired by a Magdeburg businessman to sabotage works by another businessman; and musicians Marla Linder and Franz Sylvester.

This is part of the Ring of Fire series which started with Some of the events from The Saxon Uprising are told here from a different standpoint. Jul 19, Douglas Berry rated it it was amazing Shelves: The Ring of Fire series has been hit or miss for me. I love the concept, and how strictly Eric Flint has held to his rules, but while some of the books have been great, others have been disasters.

The Devil's Opera" is in the former category. Set entirely in the USE capital of Magdeburg, the story follows several seemingly unconnected plots; a crippled boy and the champion boxer who befriends him, a murder investigation, using music to counter the Swedish chancellor, sabotage of a The Ring of Fire series has been hit or miss for me. Set entirely in the USE capital of Magdeburg, the story follows several seemingly unconnected plots; a crippled boy and the champion boxer who befriends him, a murder investigation, using music to counter the Swedish chancellor, sabotage of a civil projects, and more.

Flint skillfully draws these threads into a whole, leading to a climatic night at the opera and a twist Agatha Christie would approve of. The best thing is that Flint never loses sight of the fact that good stories are about people. He write believable characters who you come to know and care about. The reader cares about Hans when he goes into a fight, you worry when the stray dog adopted by one of the characters vanishes for days, you are there with the Magdeburg Polezi as they try to make sense of a puzzling series of crimes.

I read this book in two days. Not something I do often. Feb 21, Steve Sarrica rated it liked it Shelves: The Devil's Opera is a workmanlike entry in the series. The story moves along at a decent pace and multiple plot lines involving a sometimes confusingly large cast of characters intertwine in interesting ways.

The major story arc's resolution is telegraphed and arrives with almost no surprise at all. One antagonist's motivations, which seemed to be totally plot-driven instead of character-driven, are perfunctorily explained away in a most unsatisfying manner. It was nice to see the Emp It was nice to see the Emperor wake from his coma and begin to right both himself and the ship of state.

The descriptions of the musical performances and the boxing scenes were well done. One irritation was the endless commentary on uptime linguistic expressions — a trope that is becoming more noticeable as the series progresses. The Devil's Opera is a decent entry to the series — a series that, to this reader, really needs another blockbuster to rekindle my interest.

May 22, Frode rated it really liked it. I thought it was a fine book in many ways. It was a mystery in an alternative history setting. There were two missteps in my opinion. One was the false characterization of where miscarried children ended up. It would be good if the authors read the Westminster Confession of Faith X. The other difficult I thought it was a fine book in many ways. The other difficulty is that no one seized on the man who pushed Herr Shardius through the wall in the opera house.

1636: The Devil's Opera

The plusses outweigh the negatives, and folks with a taste for music and poetry will find those sections enjoyable instead of a tedious interlude. Simon shows some growth, and his decision in the end is most satisfactory. Jan 28, Ron rated it really liked it Shelves: I had this on my to-read mental list before I heard the interview with the authors on the Baen Free Radio Hour podcast.

After hearing the podcast, I just happened to see the title on the New Book shelf of my local public library, so of course I picked it up.

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Did it meet my expectations? Yes, the bad guys all got their comeuppance, but it may have been a better book if not all the str I had this on my to-read mental list before I heard the interview with the authors on the Baen Free Radio Hour podcast. Yes, the bad guys all got their comeuppance, but it may have been a better book if not all the strings were tied up. It did tie in well with

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