Boarding a transport ship after the Battle of Gettysburg, Colonel Andrew Keane and his 35th Maine regiment are swept into an alternate world. The first human civilization they encounter on this planet resembles medieval Russia, with boyars and priests ruling over the peasants and townspeople. Soon Keane and his regiment learn this world’s terrible secret: that cannibalistic hordes of large, fierce Tugars circle the planet and demand tribute – including humans to be devoured. And the hordes will be arriving sooner than expected, with several hundred thousand warriors on horseback.
Using all their 19th century know-how, Keane and his men build a new society with railroads and ironworks, and with skill, cooperation, and courage, the regiment and most of the Russians work together in hopes of defeating the horde.
A great story of survival and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. First novel in the acclaimed Lost Regiment series by the author of One Second After, One Year After, and Day of Wrath.
A Page Turner Well written, fast paced. Forstchen is adept at describing battle scenes. The premise naturally requires a willing suspension of disbelief, but once past that, the reader quickly gets caught up in the flow. I question whether any typical Civil War regiment would have the skills and ability to accomplish industrialization as quickly and broadly as they did, but hey — it’s a novel. Without giving away any spoilers, the deus ex machina of the climax was well done, it you don’t think about it…
Weird but necessary kick off and then gets good This book is well crafted and interesting. I bought it because of his post EMP series. This one is better in terms of overall quality and REALLY creative in some of its concepts. It’s so far out in places, that it took a little while to figure out who (and what) the bad guys were and were doing. Then it got good. A little weird, but good. I’m currently considering the rest of the series but don’t have that compulsion to see what happens like in the next four books. In the EMP series, I…
Awesome book. The formatting of this edition sucks! I first read this series more than 20 years ago, and I was so happy to see it released in a kindle edition . The story was as great as I remember, but the editing and formatting on this edition is terrible. Amazon please make sure you have someone read these before you re sell them. Honestly, the formatting is enough to make me wish for a refund. Changing POV in the middle of a paragraph, come on would adding a few *** really cost that much?