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The Legions of Pestilence (Ring of Fire) Paperback – April 27, 2019

by Virginia DeMarce (Author)
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 219 ratings
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In the world the West Virginians of Grantville came from, the borderlands between France and Germany had been a source of turmoil for centuries. In the new universe created by the Ring of Fire, the situation isn’t any better. The chaotic condition of the German lands has been ended—for a time, at least. And the near-century long war between Spain and the Netherlands has finally been resolved.But now France is unstable. The defeat of Richelieu’s forces in the Ostend War has weakened the Red Cardinal’s grip on political power and emboldened his enemies, Foremost among them is King Louis XIII’s ambitious younger brother, Monsieur Gaston. An inveterate schemer and would-be usurper, Gaston’s response to the new conditions in France is to launch a military adventure. He invades the Duchy of Lorraine. Soon, others are drawn into the conflict. The Low Countries ruled by King Ferdinand and Duke Bernhard’s newly formed Burgundy, a kingdom-in-all-but-name, send their own troops into Lorraine. Chaos expands and spreads up and down the Rhine.It isn’t long before the mightiest and most deadly army enters the fray—the legions of pestilence. Bubonic plague and typhus lead the way, but others soon follow: dysentery, deadly and disfiguring smallpox, along with new diseases introduced by the time-displaced town of Grantville.The war is on. All the wars—and on all fronts. Can the medical knowledge of the up-time Americans be adapted and spread fast enough to forestall disaster? Or will their advanced military technology simply win one war in order to lose the other and much more terrible one?
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    423 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    April 27, 2019
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 1.06 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1948818353
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1948818353
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press (April 27, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 423 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1948818353
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1948818353
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.06 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 219 ratings

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3.7 out of 5 stars
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Skunk
4.0 out of 5 stars Great author, bad editor
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2019
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I loved how this book filled in a lot of what's going on around the Western Front while the main line novels focus east.

Unfortunately, they must have skipped editing or published an early draft. I've run across places where homonyms are both in place, as if the editor couldn't decide which was right: "During the king's rein reign..."

Chapter 36 is particularly messed up. It repeats paragraphs in different order. They may have been trying to determine the correct flow and just left both versions in.
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RSpirit22
5.0 out of 5 stars A very important book in the series
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2019
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I have read the Ring of Fire series, starting with the first book, 1632. Since then I have read every Baen published book as it came out, most of the Ring of Fire press books, and two e-books that haven't been printed. You could say that I'm a big fan. At first, I didn't know how to take this book, but I've come to the understanding that it is a critical part of the series. Plague kills more people than war does, and with the winding down of active most conflicts in the series, including the new Burgundy, more resources can be freed up to focus on things like dealing with the plague. As well as tying up some loose ends, this novel focuses on bringing an awareness of plague to the public as an immediate need, not an also done thing.. I am in awe of Virginia DeMarce's wr8iting.
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Peter A. Scala
3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021
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Unlike her other books and the rest of the Ring of Fire books, this one was hard to read. Too many people who were unfamiliar, too much jumping around in topic and place and participants. Too many minor story arcs, some relevant, some not so much, and many without conclusion. Sort of reads like a not well integrated collection of short stories. I had to force myself to finish. This book could have used a strong editor.
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Andy McKinney
2.0 out of 5 stars lots of characters
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2019
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The author has a trainload of historical characters that she has chosen to mention. I understand the impulse to get the most mileage out of a deep dive into the lives of actual historical personalities. It makes for a difficult read for the Kindle users who cannot easily refer to the provided character list. It is hard to keep track of everyone. And many of the characters do not add much to the flow of the tale. One fleeting character had the description of his repetitive who did something somewhere, outside of the story line. It seemed like she wanted to use every bit of true information that she had accumulated just to use it up.
I liked getting to know in more detail the relationship between the Grand Ducal couple of Burgundy and would have liked more of that. I would have liked much more of the Danish Kingsdautter, a fascinating character with many possible angles to explore.
The best parts of the book, for me, were drowned in details of insignificant people who added not so much to the narrative. We readers might have benefited from a solid chapter on nothing but the three plague doctors employed by the Countess of Tyrol, for example. Instead they floated in and out of the story and never became strong enough for us to appriciate.
There are many who are completest and will read everything about the ROF. Not much in this jumble to attract other readers.
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William Denton
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading! Ring of Fire stories around the edges.
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2019
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An excellent addition to the Ring of Fire series. I truly loved the interconnectedness. The stories followed several characters I have been interested in knowing more of. However, the editing just plain sucked. Choices of homonyms were left with both choices. It seriously needs another editing run through. I would have given it 5 stars except for the editing.
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John F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2019
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Given the basic premise on which this series is based, many of the stories make a genuine effort to address the challenges that both up-timers and down-timers face in trying to adapt to 350 years of technological and social development that separates their cultures. This book emphasizes the frustrations up-timers face in dealing with public health issues related to facing annual epidemics despite cultural inertia and very limited ability to make medications.
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Ron Boyd
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2021
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A lot to read to get nowhere. Many grammatical errors and duplicate words. Anyone proofread these digital editions or do we rely solely on spellcheck?
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Kindle Customer Tom
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019
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The story shows that history is made by the little people just as much as by the more well known. That great events are the result of many small decisions by many people for many reasons; some of them quite petty, some very noble.
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