1636, Eric Flint
1636, Eric Flint
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1636
The Vatican Sanction

Author: Eric Flint, Charles E. Gannon

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 16 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/25/2018

Synopsis

Book #24 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series. SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, 1636 It's spring in Burgundy. The flowers are out and so are the cardinals-of Pope Urban's renegade papacy, now on the run from the Vatican's would-be usurper Borja. Most of the Church's senior leaders have converged upon the city of Besancon, where the Pope plans to offer an ecumenical olive branch to the other Christian denominations with which Rome has been at war. Fortunately, Urban has up-time help. He can rely upon Cardinal-Protector Larry Mazzare's theological savvy, Sharon Nichols' medical skills, and her husband Ruy Sanchez's keen-eyed experience as a body-guard-in-chief. And even though Urban has a new Papal Guard in the form of Owen Rowe O'Neill's Wild Geese, Mike Stearns has loaned the Pope a small contingent of the Hibernian Battalion-just in case. Which is prudent, since Urban and his peace initiative are not merely at risk from Borja's assassins. There is another, more deadly, team of professional killers in town, directed by the man who almost killed the Pope before: lethal Spanish mastermind Pedro Dolor. Dolor hasn't come to confess murder-he's come to commit it.

About Eric Flint

Eric Flint was a bestselling American author and editor celebrated for his influential contributions to science fiction and alternate history. He is best known as the creator of the Ring of Fire series, which begins with 1632, a landmark novel that reimagines a modern American town transported to seventeenth-century Europe. The series became a cornerstone of the genre, praised for its blend of rigorous historical detail, political realism, and expansive world-building.

Flint's writing frequently explored themes of social change, technology, and collective action, often emphasizing how ordinary people shape history under extraordinary circumstances. In addition to his novels, he was a longtime editor at Baen Books, where he championed innovative storytelling and supported emerging voices in speculative fiction. His collaborative projects and open-universe approach helped redefine how shared-world series could evolve.

Known for his clear, energetic prose and idea-driven narratives, Eric Flint's work translates especially well to audiobook format, where the scope and momentum of his stories shine. His legacy endures through a vast body of work that continues to engage listeners who enjoy intellectually stimulating, history-rich speculative fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liviu on July 23, 2014

The second half of the huge novel started in Eastern front - this one ends very well the main thread from there and of course continues the epic saga of the different 17 century that resulted from the transplantation of Grantville, W Va 2000 in Thuringia 1631; the books breathe new life in a series......more

Goodreads review by Dan on January 04, 2021

2018 re-read: Superb.......more

Goodreads review by Debrac2014 on June 30, 2018

Good story! Ulrik and Kristina are a great match! Long live the King! Really like his cousin Erik Hand! He's good with a gun!......more

Goodreads review by Melinda on April 14, 2011

These just keep getting better!......more

Goodreads review by BJ on February 29, 2024

When the cat is away, the mice will play. At the end of The Eastern Front, Emperor Gustav suffers a head injury in battle that leaves him, for a time, witless. This is that time. Axel Oxenstierna gathers all of the discontented noblemen in Berlin with the goal of rolling back the clock on all these "d......more

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