The sixth rollicking, thought-provoking anthology of tales set in <st1:personname>Eric Flint</st1:personname>’s phenomenal <I>New York Times </i>best-selling Ring of Fire series—all inspired and edited by the creator himself, <st1:personname>Eric Flint</st1:personname>. A cosmic accident sets the modern <st1:state>West Virginia</st1:state> town of <st1:city>Grantville</st1:city> down in war-torn seventeenth century <st1:place>Europe</st1:place>. It will take all the gumption of the resourceful, freedom-loving up-timers to find a way to flourish in the mad and bloody beginning of the Renaissance. Are they up for it? You bet they are. <P> Edited by Eric Flint, and inspired by his now-legendary <I>1632</i>, this is the fun stuff that fills in the pieces of the Ring of Fire political, social and cultural puzzle as supporting characters we meet in the novels get their own lives, loves and life-changing stories. The future and democracy have arrived with a bang<a name="_GoBack"></a>.<P> <b>About <st1:personname>Eric Flint</st1:personname>’s Ring of Fire series:</b><P> “[Eric] <st1:place><st1:city>Flint</st1:city></st1:place>'s <I>1632</i> universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.”—<I>Booklist</i><P> “[<st1:personname>Eric Flint</st1:personname>] can entertain and edify in equal, and major, measure.”—<I>Publishers Weekly</i>