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Browse Eric Flint’s books in order, with series overviews, summaries, and notes on where his alternate history and collaborations intersect with projects involving John Ringo.

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Mother of Demons

by Eric Flint

1997

After a human spacecraft crashes on an alien world, its surviving children and adults must make a life among the Gukuy. Their knowledge becomes both an advantage and a moral burden as local conflicts threaten their new community.

An Oblique Approach

by Eric Flint

1998

Byzantine general Belisarius receives a mysterious crystal that reveals a future threatened by the Malwa Empire. Guided by its intelligence, he must prepare for enemies whose advanced weapons and ambitions could transform the ancient world into a tyranny.

In the Heart of Darkness

by Eric Flint

1998

Belisarius travels into the heart of the Malwa Empire, where a powerful enemy is reshaping history with knowledge from the future. Intrigue, deception, and dangerous alliances become essential weapons as he searches for a way to resist its expansion.

Destiny's Shield

by Eric Flint

1999

As Malwa armies threaten Persia, Belisarius must preserve an alliance essential to resisting their conquest. Political upheaval and overwhelming enemy numbers complicate a campaign in which rival intelligences from the future are supplying both sides with extraordinary advantages.

1632

by Eric Flint

2000

The West Virginia town of Grantville is suddenly transported to Germany during the Thirty Years' War. Led by Mike Stearns, its residents must defend themselves while their technology and democratic ideals challenge the violence and hierarchies of seventeenth-century Europe.

Fortune's Stroke

by Eric Flint

2000

Belisarius and Antonina confront the Malwa Empire's vast armies as the struggle spreads across Mesopotamia. Their alliance must turn superior knowledge into practical military advantages while facing an enemy whose own guidance from the future makes every campaign dangerous.

Greyboar, a professional strangler, begins questioning the meaning of his work and embraces a philosophy that complicates his lucrative career. His manager Ignace struggles to keep business going as ethical dilemmas and improbable adventures disrupt their lives.

The Tide of Victory

by Eric Flint

2001

Belisarius leads an international alliance toward the Malwa Empire's heartland, using new weapons and vessels to challenge its dominance. Military progress brings fresh dangers as betrayal, assassination, and the enemy's intelligence from the future threaten the campaign.

Forward the Mage

by Eric Flint

2002

Artist Benvenuti arrives in Grotum seeking patronage, only to encounter a mad king and a missing wizard. Joined by unlikely companions, he becomes caught in a comic quest involving royal troubles, revolutionaries, and the threat of invasion.

The Course of Empire

by Eric Flint

2003

Two decades after the Jao conquered Earth, humanity faces a potentially exterminating attack by the Ekhat. A young Jao leader and a human woman seek cooperation between former enemies, confronting an occupying regime and resistance that could undermine their defense.

1634: The Galileo Affair

by Eric Flint

2004

An American mission to Venice brings modern medical knowledge and political ideas into a Europe transformed by Grantville's arrival. Efforts to combat disease become entangled with religious authority, radical activism, and the controversy surrounding Galileo and his discoveries.

Grantville Gazette

by Eric Flint

2004

These stories explore how Grantville's displaced Americans and their seventeenth-century neighbors adapt to a shared world. Accompanying nonfiction examines practical problems behind the series, including medicines, communications, and the technologies a modern town might realistically introduce into the past.

Grantville Gazette II

by Eric Flint

2004

This collection expands Grantville's altered Europe through adventures involving espionage, diplomacy, education, and cultural change. Alongside stories about Americans and their new neighbors, technical essays investigate subjects such as geology, telecommunications, and the practical limits of transplanted knowledge.

Genetically enhanced rats and bats join a human soldier in uncovering a dangerous secret about humanity's supposed alien allies. Surviving combat is only part of their problem: they must persuade military authorities to recognize a threat hidden behind the war.

1812: The Rivers of War

by Eric Flint

2005

A different turn in Sam Houston's experience at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend begins reshaping the War of 1812 era. Soldiers, Native Americans, and political leaders navigate an altered history in which frontier conflicts may produce a different American future.

1634: The Ram Rebellion

by Eric Flint

2006

Modern ideas from Grantville unsettle the farmers and ordinary people of Franconia, where older social arrangements begin to buckle. These linked stories follow the practical disputes, political tensions, and unexpected consequences that accompany the spread of democratic reform.

1635: The Cannon Law

by Eric Flint

2006

In Rome, Cardinal Borja plots to strengthen Spanish power and remove Pope Urban VIII amid upheaval caused by Grantville's arrival. Americans and local allies must navigate conspiracy and religious politics as their opponents prepare a violent challenge to the papacy.

1824: The Arkansas War

by Eric Flint

2006

A new Arkansas nation built by Native Americans and free Black people challenges the interests of American slaveholders. As the 1824 presidential contest sharpens political tensions, its defenders face a war that could determine their independence and future.

Grantville Gazette III

by Eric Flint

2006

Grantville's influence reaches university students, clergy, entrepreneurs, and ordinary Europeans in this collection of alternate-history stories. New ideas about finance, religion, culture, and medicine create opportunities and conflicts as seventeenth-century communities encounter knowledge brought from the modern world.

The Dance of Time

by Eric Flint

2006

Belisarius and his allies prepare a decisive campaign against the Malwa Empire and the intelligence from the future directing it. Their coalition spans continents, but mistrust, assassins, and the demands of warfare threaten the effort to break its power.

1634: The Bavarian Crisis

by Eric Flint

2007

Grantville's industrial knowledge offers opportunities to revive the Palatinate's mines while war and dynastic politics continue across Europe. Information about future events complicates the ambitions of rulers and diplomats, creating crises that extend far beyond the Americans' immediate surroundings.

Pyramid Power

by Eric Flint

2007

An alien pyramid sends a military team into the dangerous world of Norse mythology. Mythologist Jerry Lukacs must help navigate gods, treachery, and supernatural rules, with Loki's fate and the prospect of Ragnarok making escape increasingly complicated.

Grantville's ordinary routines become vulnerable when French agents discover the value of its discarded technical information. Meanwhile, an enemy from earlier conspiracies turns his attention toward Mike Stearns and Rebecca, bringing international intrigue into the displaced town's daily life.

Grantville Gazette IV

by Eric Flint

2008

Teenage investors, printers, soldiers, and musicians find new possibilities in the Europe transformed by Grantville. This anthology follows people adapting familiar skills to unfamiliar circumstances, from financial ventures and military traditions to modern music's encounter with older cultural expectations.

Slow Train to Arcturus

by Eric Flint

2008

An alien explorer survives a disastrous encounter with a human generation ship divided into many isolated habitats. With a human companion, he must cross societies that have developed radically different customs and dangers while trying to return to his own vessel.

Time Spike

by Eric Flint

2008

An Illinois prison abruptly lands in a prehistoric environment, leaving Captain Andrew Blacklock responsible for guards and inmates far from civilization. Dinosaurs and displaced groups from other historical periods complicate the struggle to establish order and survive an unfamiliar world.

When Diplomacy Fails

by Eric Flint

2008

This anthology gathers military science fiction and fantasy about soldiers confronting enemies, difficult commands, and the costs of conflict. Across battles involving alien forces, altered bodies, and fantastic creatures, the stories examine what happens when negotiation gives way to violence.

Grantville Gazette V

by Eric Flint

2009

Richelieu seeks the historical figures behind a future novel while other stories explore radio, research, and encounters with distant cultures. This collection follows Grantville's knowledge spreading through seventeenth-century society, where seemingly small discoveries can disrupt politics and everyday assumptions.

Worlds

by Eric Flint

2009

This collection brings together Eric Flint's shorter fiction across alternate history, fantasy, and military science fiction. Stories connected to established fictional universes sit alongside other work, offering conflicts shaped by unfamiliar societies, political pressures, and encounters beyond ordinary experience.

1635: The Eastern Front

by Eric Flint

2010

Gustavus Adolphus launches a campaign against Brandenburg, Saxony, and Poland, drawing the United States of Europe into a dangerous war. Former prime minister Mike Stearns now commands troops, confronting military responsibility while political tensions and family concerns complicate his position.

The Crucible of Empire

by Eric Flint

2010

The alliance between humans and the Jao faces another test as the genocidal Ekhat remain a threat. Cooperation forged after Earth's occupation must withstand new pressures, with the partners' different histories and outlooks complicating their efforts to confront a common enemy.

The Sorceress of Karres

by Eric Flint

2010

Captain Pausert travels with young witches whose powers repeatedly draw him into trouble across the galaxy. A new threat sends them toward the pirate planet of Chaladoor and a mission through time, where protecting galactic peace requires extraordinary risks.

1636: The Saxon Uprising

by Eric Flint

2011

An injured emperor leaves the United States of Europe vulnerable to a struggle between aristocratic power and democratic reform. As unrest grows in Saxony, Mike Stearns must confront military orders and political repression that threaten Gretchen Richter and her allies.

Grantville Gazette VI

by Eric Flint

2011

These stories return to the people living through Grantville's upheaval of seventeenth-century Europe, giving supporting characters adventures of their own. Political change, cultural encounters, and everyday social tensions shape their efforts to build lives amid war and unfamiliar possibilities.

Grantville Gazette VII

by Eric Flint

2011

Modern Americans and seventeenth-century Europeans navigate friendships, ambitions, and political change in this Ring of Fire anthology. The stories follow lives beyond the central novels, exploring how ideas about freedom and democracy affect people caught in Grantville's altered world.

1636: The Kremlin Games

by Eric Flint

2012

Grantville mechanic Bernie Zeppi goes to Russia, where practical American knowledge could transform an agrarian society. Industrial experiments and modern medicine offer possibilities, but introducing them means confronting entrenched interests, court politics, and the resistance that accompanies rapid change.

Grantville Gazette VIII

by Eric Flint

2012

This anthology follows Americans and Europeans adapting to the technological, political, and cultural upheavals caused by Grantville's arrival. Its varied stories explore lives across the Ring of Fire world, where new opportunities develop alongside the dangers of seventeenth-century warfare.

1636: The Viennese Waltz

by Eric Flint

2014

American mechanics and young financial innovators arrive in Vienna as a Habsburg emperor seeks peace with the United States of Europe. Their plans encounter economic instability, suspicious elites, and cultural conflict, with modern machines creating both excitement and political trouble.

The Aethers of Mars

by Eric Flint

2014

Two steampunk tales explore a Mars shaped by imperial ambitions and dangerous missions. Eric Flint follows an assassin and the agents pursuing him, while Charles E. Gannon sends a poisoned veteran searching for the antidote that could save his life.

France's royal succession becomes a source of conspiracy when Queen Anne's pregnancy threatens the expectations of rival claimants. Cardinal Richelieu must navigate enemies around Louis XIII's court, where protecting the queen means safeguarding a future others are determined to prevent.

1635: A Parcel of Rogues

by Eric Flint

2016

After escaping the Tower of London, Oliver Cromwell and his companions remain in Britain while royal agents hunt them. Their flight into Scotland entangles sharpshooter Julie Sims and her allies in ruthless politics and conflicts over Cromwell's historical reputation.

Black Tide Rising

by Eric Flint

2016

This anthology set in John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising universe gathers tales of survival and resistance from multiple authors. From rooftop communities to desperate emergency teams, each story shows new angles on how ordinary people adapt when the zombie plague upends the world.

A mission from the United States of Europe travels to Mughal India seeking medicine supplies and trade. Court rivalries, a grieving emperor, and alliances with ambitious royals complicate negotiations as knowledge of future history begins changing their destinies.

An Ottoman army equipped with weapons inspired by Grantville advances on Vienna, determined to avoid its historical failures. Mike Stearns must balance a campaign in Bavaria with Austria's desperate need for help against an enemy using knowledge of the future.

Iron Angels

by Eric Flint

2017

FBI agent Jasper Wilde investigates a kidnapping, a disturbing apparition, and a mutilated body near Chicago's steel industry. Working with Temple Black's anomalies unit, he uncovers rival cults whose conflict suggests an ancient evil has entered the modern world.

1637: The Volga Rules

by Eric Flint

2018

Russian serfs inspired by Grantville's ideals flee toward freedom while Czar Mikhail establishes a government in exile at Ufa. Their journeys converge amid bandit attacks and aristocratic resistance determined to destroy both the czar and the prospect of reform.

The Demons of Paris

by Eric Flint

2018

A demonic rift brings a modern van, a teacher, and students into fourteenth-century Paris, where supernatural murders already threaten the city. Spirits possess their electronic devices, drawing the newcomers into royal intrigues and a struggle to contain dangerous forces.

Worlds 2

by Eric Flint

2018

This collection gathers Eric Flint's shorter science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history, including stories set in the Ring of Fire and Honor Harrington universes. Introductions explain their origins, alongside Martian steampunk, humorous religious tales, and collaborations from other shared worlds.

1636: The China Venture

by Eric Flint

2019

The United States of Europe sends an embassy to Ming China seeking trade and essential resources. Suspicious officials and a dynasty nearing collapse endanger the mission, while a powerful admiral and former pirate offers an unexpected avenue toward success.

As Ottoman forces pressure Austria, Mike Stearns proposes opening another front while revolution spreads through Polish territories. Gretchen Richter's forces and competing allies become entangled in a struggle where liberation, imperial expansion, and military necessity threaten to collide.

Council of Fire

by Eric Flint

2019

Halley's Comet transforms the world in 1759, cutting America off from Europe and unleashing poorly controlled magic. Rival colonial powers and divided Indigenous nations face monstrous threats, forcing former enemies to consider alliances that once seemed impossible.

Venus, Mars and Hell

by Eric Flint

2019

Three adventures combine interplanetary travel with supernatural intrigue: pilot Sarah Brown undertakes dangerous naval missions in Hell and on Venus, while young Charlotte Luff's Martian visit draws her into a violent struggle involving imperial police, revolutionaries, and alien interests.

An expedition from the United States of Europe crosses the Atlantic to investigate a New World increasingly claimed by France. Equipped with modern technology and knowledge of slavery and Indigenous devastation, its members hope to shape a different colonial future.

Demon Pucorl and modern teenagers travel to fourteenth-century Constantinople seeking a way to close a supernatural rift. Imperial and religious intrigues obstruct them, while an Ottoman ruler plans conquest with an enslaved ancient creature powerful enough to threaten the city.

The Shaman of Karres

by Eric Flint

2020

Captain Pausert and the witches of Karres encounter a society whose slaves seem content with servitude and begin searching for a lost alien pet. The Leewit's emerging healing powers add another unpredictable complication to their travels through a dangerous galaxy.

Alchemist Phillip Gribbleflotz confronts Tom Stone over fake treatments that threaten the reputation of modern medicine. Their dispute brings them onto a collision course with showman Bernardo Ponzi, whose fraudulent healing enterprise is beginning to cause real harm.

1637: The Peacock Throne

by Eric Flint

2021

After Shah Jahan's assassination, his heirs battle for the Mughal throne while the American trade mission supports Princess Jahanara and Dara Shikoh. A search for medical supplies becomes entangled with recruiting military allies and surviving an expanding civil war.

A 1632 Christmas

by Eric Flint

2021

Twenty-one holiday stories explore how displaced Americans and seventeenth-century communities celebrate Christmas and other seasonal traditions. Across the altered world of Grantville, familiar customs meet unfamiliar beliefs, creating cultural misunderstandings, new connections, and opportunities to rethink what the holidays mean.

Grantville Gazette IX

by Eric Flint

2021

This anthology follows Grantville's displaced Americans and seventeenth-century people adapting to the town's arrival during the Thirty Years' War. Stories explore how modern technology and political ideas transform individual lives and communities struggling to survive a radically changing historical world.

The Macedonian Hazard

by Eric Flint

2021

More than a year after their cruise ship reaches the ancient Mediterranean, Captain Lars Floden and the Ship People try to establish modern civilization. Alliances with Alexander's successors face ruthless rivals seeking to turn his fractured empire into their own domains.

Eric Flint sub-series and character series

Belisarius books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "An Oblique Approach"

    An Oblique Approach

    by Eric Flint

    1998Belisarius, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "In the Heart of Darkness"

    In the Heart of Darkness

    by Eric Flint

    1998Belisarius, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Destiny's Shield"

    Destiny's Shield

    by Eric Flint

    1999Belisarius, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Fortune's Stroke"

    Fortune's Stroke

    by Eric Flint

    2000Belisarius, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "The Tide of Victory"

    The Tide of Victory

    by Eric Flint

    2001Belisarius, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "The Dance of Time"

    The Dance of Time

    by Eric Flint

    2006Belisarius, Book 6

Ring of Fire books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "1632"

    1632

    by Eric Flint

    2000Ring of Fire, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "1634: The Galileo Affair"

    1634: The Galileo Affair

    by Eric Flint

    2004Ring of Fire, Book 3
  3. Book cover for "1634: The Ram Rebellion"

    1634: The Ram Rebellion

    by Eric Flint

    2006Ring of Fire, Book 4
  4. Book cover for "1635: The Cannon Law"

    1635: The Cannon Law

    by Eric Flint

    2006Ring of Fire, Book 5
  5. Book cover for "1634: The Bavarian Crisis"

    1634: The Bavarian Crisis

    by Eric Flint

    2007Ring of Fire, Book 7
  6. Book cover for "1635: The Dreeson Incident"

    1635: The Dreeson Incident

    by Eric Flint

    2008Ring of Fire, Book 8
  7. Book cover for "1635: The Eastern Front"

    1635: The Eastern Front

    by Eric Flint

    2010Ring of Fire, Book 9
  8. Book cover for "1636: The Saxon Uprising"

    1636: The Saxon Uprising

    by Eric Flint

    2011Ring of Fire, Book 10
  9. Book cover for "1636: The Kremlin Games"

    1636: The Kremlin Games

    by Eric Flint

    2012Ring of Fire, Book 11
  10. Book cover for "1636: The Viennese Waltz"

    1636: The Viennese Waltz

    by Eric Flint

    2014Ring of Fire, Book 15
  11. Book cover for "1636: The Cardinal Virtues"

    1636: The Cardinal Virtues

    by Eric Flint

    2015Ring of Fire, Book 16
  12. Book cover for "1635: A Parcel of Rogues"

    1635: A Parcel of Rogues

    by Eric Flint

    2016Ring of Fire, Book 17
  13. Book cover for "1636: Mission to the Mughals"

    1636: Mission to the Mughals

    by Eric Flint

    2017Ring of Fire, Book 19
  14. Book cover for "1636: The Ottoman Onslaught"

    1636: The Ottoman Onslaught

    by Eric Flint

    2017Ring of Fire, Book 18
  15. Book cover for "1637: The Volga Rules"

    1637: The Volga Rules

    by Eric Flint

    2018Ring of Fire, Book 21
  16. Book cover for "1636: The China Venture"

    1636: The China Venture

    by Eric Flint

    2019Ring of Fire, Book 23
  17. Book cover for "1637: The Polish Maelstrom"

    1637: The Polish Maelstrom

    by Eric Flint

    2019Ring of Fire, Book 22
  18. Book cover for "1636: The Atlantic Encounter"

    1636: The Atlantic Encounter

    by Eric Flint

    2020Ring of Fire, Book 24
  19. Book cover for "1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner"

    1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner

    by Eric Flint

    2021Ring of Fire, Book 28
  20. Book cover for "1637: The Peacock Throne"

    1637: The Peacock Throne

    by Eric Flint

    2021Ring of Fire, Book 27
  21. Book cover for "A 1632 Christmas"

    A 1632 Christmas

    by Eric Flint

    2021Ring of Fire, Book 29

Standalone Eric Flint books

  1. Book cover for "Mother of Demons"

    Mother of Demons

    by Eric Flint

    1997
  2. Book cover for "The Philosophical Strangler"

    The Philosophical Strangler

    by Eric Flint

    2001Joe's World, Book 1
  3. Book cover for "Forward the Mage"

    Forward the Mage

    by Eric Flint

    2002Joe's World, Book 2
  4. Book cover for "The Course of Empire"

    The Course of Empire

    by Eric Flint

    2003Jao, Book 1
  5. Book cover for "Grantville Gazette"

    Grantville Gazette

    by Eric Flint

    2004Grantville Gazette, Book 1
  6. Book cover for "Grantville Gazette II"

    Grantville Gazette II

    by Eric Flint

    2004Grantville Gazette, Book 2
  7. Book cover for "The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly"

    The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly

    by Eric Flint

    2004Rats Bats & Vats, Book 2
  8. Book cover for "1812: The Rivers of War"

    1812: The Rivers of War

    by Eric Flint

    2005Trail of Glory, Book 1
  9. Book cover for "1824: The Arkansas War"

    1824: The Arkansas War

    by Eric Flint

    2006Trail of Glory, Book 2
  10. Book cover for "Grantville Gazette III"

    Grantville Gazette III

    by Eric Flint

    2006Grantville Gazette, Book 3
  11. Book cover for "Pyramid Power"

    Pyramid Power

    by Eric Flint

    2007Pyramid, Book 2
  12. Book cover for "Grantville Gazette IV"

    Grantville Gazette IV

    by Eric Flint

    2008Grantville Gazette, Book 4
  13. Book cover for "Slow Train to Arcturus"

    Slow Train to Arcturus

    by Eric Flint

    2008
  14. Book cover for "Time Spike"

    Time Spike

    by Eric Flint

    2008
  15. Book cover for "When Diplomacy Fails"

    When Diplomacy Fails

    by Eric Flint

    2008
  16. Book cover for "Grantville Gazette V"

    Grantville Gazette V

    by Eric Flint

    2009Grantville Gazette, Book 5
  17. Book cover for "Worlds"

    Worlds

    by Eric Flint

    2009
  18. Book cover for "The Crucible of Empire"

    The Crucible of Empire

    by Eric Flint

    2010Jao, Book 2
  19. Book cover for "The Sorceress of Karres"

    The Sorceress of Karres

    by Eric Flint

    2010The Witches of Karres, Book 3
  20. Book cover for "Grantville Gazette VI"

    Grantville Gazette VI

    by Eric Flint

    2011Grantville Gazette, Book 6
  21. Book cover for "Grantville Gazette VII"

    Grantville Gazette VII

    by Eric Flint

    2011Grantville Gazette, Book 7
  22. Book cover for "Grantville Gazette VIII"

    Grantville Gazette VIII

    by Eric Flint

    2012Grantville Gazette, Book 8
  23. Book cover for "The Aethers of Mars"

    The Aethers of Mars

    by Eric Flint

    2014Stellar Guild, Book 5
  24. Book cover for "Black Tide Rising"

    Black Tide Rising

    by Eric Flint

    2016Black Tide Rising, Book 5
  25. Book cover for "Iron Angels"

    Iron Angels

    by Eric Flint

    2017
  26. Book cover for "The Demons of Paris"

    The Demons of Paris

    by Eric Flint

    2018Demon Rift, Book 1
  27. Book cover for "Worlds 2"

    Worlds 2

    by Eric Flint

    2018
  28. Book cover for "Council of Fire"

    Council of Fire

    by Eric Flint

    2019Arcane America, Book 2
  29. Book cover for "Venus, Mars and Hell"

    Venus, Mars and Hell

    by Eric Flint

    2019
  30. Book cover for "The Demons of Constantinople"

    The Demons of Constantinople

    by Eric Flint

    2020Demon Rift, Book 2
  31. Book cover for "The Shaman of Karres"

    The Shaman of Karres

    by Eric Flint

    2020The Witches of Karres, Book 4
  32. Book cover for "Grantville Gazette IX"

    Grantville Gazette IX

    by Eric Flint

    2021Grantville Gazette, Book 9
  33. Book cover for "The Macedonian Hazard"

    The Macedonian Hazard

    by Eric Flint

    2021Queen of the Sea, Book 1

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