1635-The Dreeson Incident
 FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH IN
17TH CENTURY EUROPE-
BUT NOT IF AN ASSASSIN CAN
BRING IT TO A HALT
The Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th century Europe, but a
new force is gathering power and influence: the United States of Europe,
a new nation led by Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West
Virginians from the 20th century led by Mike Stearns who were hurled
centuries into the past by a mysterious cosmic accident.
While the old entrenched rulers and manipulators continue to plot
against this new upstart nation, everyday life goes on in Grantville,
the town lost in time, with librarians, firefighters, and garbage
collectors trying to make do under unusual circumstances. And what
better place for an undercover spy from France than working with the
garbage collectors, examining 20th-century machines that others throw
out, and copying the technology (though he wishes one device—the paper
shredder—had been left behind in the future).
There are more sinister agents at work, however. One of them, the
Huguenot Michel Ducos, almost succeeded in assassinating the Pope, but
his plan was ruined by quick action by a few Americans. Now, Ducos not
only has a score to settle, but has also decided on two excellent
targets: Grantville's leader Mike Stearns and his wife Rebecca . . . .
Cover Art by Tom Kidd
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 Hardcover
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing, November 2008
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Flint, Eric.
1635 : the Dreeson incident / Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce.
p. cm. — (Ring of fire series)
"A Baen books original"—T.p. verso.
ISBN 1-4165-5589-7
1. Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648—Fiction. 2. Time travel—Fiction. 3. Europe—History—17th century—Fiction I. DeMarce, Virginia Easley, 1940– II. Title.
PS3556.L548A61865 2008
813'.54—dc22
2008035303
Pages by Joy Freeman (www.pagesbyjoy.com)
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5589-6
ISBN-10: 1-4165-5589-7
Copyright© 2008 by Eric Flint & Virginia DeMarce
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
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To the memory of
Dr. Caroline Emma Edith Hartwig (1899-1990)
and Priscilla Mailey (1918-1995).
Two extraordinary high school history teachers.
The Ring of Fire series:
1632 by Eric Flint
1633 by Eric Flint & David Weber
1634: The Baltic War by Eric Flint & David Weber
Ring of Fire ed. by Eric Flint
1634: The Galileo Affair by Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis
Grantville Gazette ed. by Eric Flint
Grantville Gazette II ed. by Eric Flint
1634: The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint with Virginia DeMarce et al.
1634: The Bavarian Crisis by Eric Flint & Virginia DeMarce
1635: The Cannon Law by Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis
Grantville Gazette III ed. by Eric Flint
Ring of Fire II ed. by Eric Flint
Grantville Gazette IV ed. by Eric Flint
1635: The Dreeson Incident by Eric Flint & Virginia DeMarce
Time Spike by Eric Flint & Marilyn Kosmatka
For a complete list of
Baen Books by Eric Flint,
please go to www.baen.com.
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