Stirling, S.M. Nantucket Trilogy
Divergence: c 1250 BCE
What if: Modern technology was introduced into the world of c. 1250 BCE.
Series note: Trilogy composed of Island in the Sea of Time, Against the Tide of Years, and
On the Oceans of Eternity, along with related story "Blood Wolf".
Comments: The books themselves never mention a series title, and references elsewhere may call
the series the Islander Trilogy. A related series known as Change World began in
2004 with Dies the Fire, but those works are either not allohistorical or are "border line".
Awards: Finalist: 2000 Sidewise Award for best long-form alternate history.
Stirling, S.M. Island in the Sea of Time
Divergence: c 1250 BCE
Summary: The entire island of Nantucket is mysteriously swept back in time 3000 years, and its
inhabitants in order to survive must interact with the inhabitants of that era. But among
them is a Coast Guard officer who sees the opportunity to create an empire in Paleolithic
England.
Series note: First in the Nantucket Trilogy.
Published: NAL/Roc 1998 (0451456750BUY); SFBC 1998 (1568656521).
Stirling, S.M. Against the Tide of Years
Divergence: c 1250 BCE
Summary: Eight years after "the Event", Nantucket and the renegade continue to prepare for a
conflict to settle all as they accelerate the progress of their proxy civilizations,
respectively Agamemnon's Achaea and Babylonian Akkad. And then there's the monkey wrench of
Iberian Tartessos.
Series note: Second in the Nantucket Trilogy.
Published: NAL/Roc 1999 (0451457439BUY); SFBC 1999.
Stirling, S.M. On the Oceans of Eternity
Divergence: c 1250 BCE
Summary: Egyptians armed with guns and cannon by a renegade Nantucketeer meet Asiatic invaders
on the slopes of Megiddo. But the invaders are also led by a Nantucketeer and their only
goal is the capture of the renegade.
Series note: Third in the Nantucket Trilogy.
Published: NAL/Roc 2000 (0451457803BUY).
Published: Excerpt "Riding Shotgun to Armageddon", in Armageddon (eds. David Drake and Billie
Sue Mosiman), Baen 1998 (067187876XBUY); and Ice, Iron and Gold, Night Shade 2007
(1597801151BUY).
Stirling, S.M. "Blood Wolf"
Series note: Short story set in the background of the Nantucket Trilogy.
Published: In The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age (eds. Harry Turtledove and Noreen
Doyle), Tor (0765302861BUY, 076530287XBUY).
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