Against Three Lands - Softcover

Phillies, George

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798232263744

Verlag: George Phillies, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Clan MacDonald is surrounded by enemies. Clan Gunn wants its lands. Mysterious pirates assail its shores. The All-Conquering Generalissimo suspects it of treason. Foreign trade is interrupted by barbarian invasions -- or are they blue-skinned demons? Angus Valentine Macdonald, seventh child of the One MacDonald, must travel to remote Mercia, where he must defeat the treachery of the Lunarian Empire, the corruption of the Langwadooran invaders, and the rapacious greed of the alien Trell to protect his homeland and win the hand of his lady-love. Chris Nuttall writes: "I've known George Phillies online long enough to know that he is good at creating new and different universes. Mistress of the Waves features a world that is, in many ways, a work of art; a world governed by a system that subtly limits the technology available to its inhabitants in a manner that does not provoke resistance or outright rebellion. The One World features a female-dominated society that seems plausible; Minutegirls crafts a world shaped by high-technology and the long-term effects of a devastating war. In truth, George deserves to be known far better than he is." Authors' aside: Against Three Lands is a tale of geographic alternative fiction, set on a world - The World of a Thousand Isles - broken into vast numbers of moderately large islands. Readers will recognize the extant technology as that found on earth in the early 17th century. There are gunpowder weapons, but they are not yet battle-winners on land. Unlike my novel The One World, you will search in vain for the magicians with their spark gap-coherer radios, and the accountants and their Babbage machines. The cultural settings of the Hundred Isles, Mercia, and their foreign visitors, are lifted from settings found on our world. I have quite deliberately interchanged lists of names, so, no, the Hundred Islers are not Scotsmen in disguise, and the Mercians and their Empire of the Stars are certainly not the Spanish Empire on which the sun never set.

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George Phillies is a retired Professor of Physics. He also taught in Biochemistry and in Game Design. His scientific research is focused on polymer dynamics. He also writes science fiction novels and books on politics. Books by George Phillies include: Fiction This Shining Sea Nine Gees Minutegirls The One World Mistress of the Waves Against Three Lands Eclipse, The Girl Who Saved the World Airy Castles All Ablaze Stand Against the Light Airy Castles All Ablaze Practical Exercise Books on Game Design Series Contemporary Perspectives in Game Design (with Tom Vasel) Design Elements of Contemporary Strategy Games(with Tom Vasel) Stalingrad for Beginners - How to Play Stalingrad for Beginners - Basic Tactics Designing Board Wargames - Introduction Books on Politics Stand Up for Liberty! Funding Liberty Libertarian Renaissance Surely We Can Do Better? Books on Physics Physics One Elementary Lectures in Statistical Mechanics Phenomenology of Polymer Solution Dynamics Complete Tables for 'Phenomenology of Polymer Solution Dynamics'

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: George Phillies
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798232263744
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 380
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland