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On the Oceans of Eternity (edition 2000)

by S.M. Stirling

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Title:On the Oceans of Eternity
Authors:S.M. Stirling
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Loved it. A great conclusion to the Nantucket series. Perhaps the end gets condensed a bit much but it was a great book.
  jcopenha | Nov 20, 2011 |
Could not put the story down. Great character development, marvelous story-line. Two thumbs up! Would love to read more... ( )
  pmorris | Nov 12, 2010 |
Nothing surprising in this one, as it is the continuation of the Nantucket event series. The Republic is still battling for control of the ancient Earth with William Walker and his allies. Will the goodness, cleverness and strategy of the Republic win versus Walker's dictatorship? I bet you can guess the answer, but even so, these books are fascinating. ( )
  Karlstar | Apr 29, 2010 |
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  mcolpitts | Aug 3, 2009 |
Very disappointed with this third book. It starts out great but the whole thing ends in less than 50 pages of a 630 odd page book. It end in a confusing series of half page vignettes, adding yet more characters to the hundred odd that you are supposed to remember.

It is like the author started out with good intentions and wrote a great 4/5 of a book and then he threw up his hands and ended it as quickly as possible...leaving some hints of an other book but frankly I have had enough.

There are too many characters...too many senarios. The book could have done without the west coast USA thread all together and not suffered at all. I also hated the author using a character's first name sometimes, last name others and even nicknames at times. It made the storyline confusing many times.

If it were not for the first 4/5's of the book being quite good, I would have given this book a lower rating. Also the death of the bad guy, Walker, seemed to be almost n afterthought...very disappointing ( )
  Lynxear | Oct 8, 2008 |
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To my father, Alfred Bruce Stirling
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August, 1240 B.C.
August, 10 A.E. - Neayoruk, Kingdom of Great Achaea

"But Lord Cuddy, why does the interior of this furnace have to open out?" Augewas asked. (prologue)
September, 10 A.E. - Babylon, Kingdom of Kar-Duniash
October, 10 A.E. - Severn valley, Alba
October, 10 A.E. - Walkeropolis, Kingdom of Great Achaea
October, 10 A.E. - Irondale, Alba

Dr. Justin Clemens - Captain, Republic of Nantucket Coast Guard - Medical Corps - sipped at the thick sweet wine, mouth dry.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0451457803, Mass Market Paperback)

In the bestselling Island in the Sea of Time, 20th-century Nantucket was inexplicably hurled back to the Bronze Age. In the sequel, Against the Tide of Years, the villainous renegade William Walker introduced muskets, cannon, and other deadly anachronisms to Odysseus's Greece, making himself king and positioning himself to overthrow the democratic Republic of Nantucket and destroy his archenemy, Commodore Marian Alston. Now, in the trilogy's rousing conclusion, On the Oceans of Eternity, Walker's powerful army conquers Troy and invades Babylon, Nantucket's last great ally, as Walker's blood brother, the king of Tartessos, blocks Commodore Alston's Nantucket navy at the straits of Gibraltar. If Nantucket's tiny forces cannot defeat Walker's army and allies, the world will be plunged into a Dark Age bleaker and more devastating than any known in our history.

On the Oceans of Eternity ends cleanly, yet leaves the door open for a number of interesting sequels--and how often can you say that? Like its prequels, On the Oceans of Eternity is big, bloody, and ambitious, but always fast-paced and fascinating. This fun, intelligent series is perfect not only for action-adventure, alternate history, time travel, and military-SF fans but also for epic fantasy readers, for Burroughs and Haggard fans craving a modern update of the lost-civilization novel, and for anyone who loves Patrick O'Brian's sensational sea battles. --Cynthia Ward

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The continuing adventures of the Republic of Nantucket, mysteriously swept back in time to the Bronze Age.

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