The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 5 books · 2000 to 2011 · Set in the fictional Grantville, Thuringia

Eric Flint

Science fictionHistorical fictionAlternate historyMilitary historical

Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series begins when a West Virginia mining town is thrown back to Germany in 1631, in the middle of the Thirty Years' War, and its people set out to build a new nation. The series grew into a large shared world with many co-authors.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. 1633 and 1634: The Baltic War were written with David Weber. Real historical figures are not charted.

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Ring of Fire

5 books · Set in the fictional Grantville, ThuringiaAlternate historyMilitary historical
  1. 116322000With Mike StearnsBuy on Amazon
  2. 216332002With Mike StearnsBuy on Amazon
  3. 31634: The Baltic War2007With Mike StearnsBuy on Amazon
  4. 41635: The Eastern Front2010Buy on Amazon
  5. 51636: The Saxon Uprising2011With Mike StearnsBuy on Amazon

Characters

5 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Grantville