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  • Cover of Ring of Fire (1632)
    Ring of Fire (1632)Universe

    universe · 687 books · 2000

    Set in europe.

    “Somewhere in the spring of 1631, the sky over a stretch of Thuringian farmland cracks open, and when it closes a piece of the year 2000 is sitting in the middle of the Thirty Years' War.”

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    Start with 1632 →

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    includes Queen of the Sea / The Alexander Inheritance, Assiti Shards Universe Novels, Time Spike

  • Cover of Belisarius
    BelisariusSeries

    series · 7 books · 1998

    completed

    Science fiction.

    “In northern India the Malwa have created an empire of unexampled evil.”

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    Start with An Oblique Approach →

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  • Cover of Hannibal's Children
    Hannibal's ChildrenSeries

    series · 2 books · 2002

    completed

    Set in alternate earth.

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  • Cover of Time's Tapestry
    Time's TapestrySeries

    series · 4 books · 2006

    Science fiction and time travel, set in our world.

    “Emperor opens the sequence in Roman-era Britain, and the alternate timeline compounds across the following three novels before a concluding volume gathers the whole arc.”

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    Start with Emperor →

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  • Cover of Roma Eterna
    Roma EternaSeries

    series · 11 books · 1989

    Set in alternate earth.

    “Robert Silverberg's Roma Eterna imagines an alternate history in which the Roman Empire never fell and endures into the present day, tracing its long, uneven survival through a sequence of pivotal moments across two millennia.”

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    Start with Tales from the Venia Woods →

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  • Cover of Tros of Samothrace
    Tros of SamothraceSeries

    series · 21 books · 1925

    completed

    Adventure.

    Start with Tros of Samothrace →

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