 Stirling, S.M. Island in the Sea of Time. NAL/Roc 1998 (cover art by Mike Wimmer). |  Stirling, S.M. Against the Tide of Years. NAL/Roc 1999. |  Stirling, S.M. On the Oceans of Eternity. NAL/Roc 2000. |
Stirling, S.M. Nantucket Trilogy.
Series note: Trilogy composed of
Island in the Sea of Time,
Against the Tide of Years, and
On the Oceans of Eternity.
Divergence: c 1250 BCE
What if: Modern technology was introduced into the world of c. 1250 BCE.
Comments: The books themselves never mention a series title, and references have been seen elsewhere referring to this as the Islander Trilogy.
A related trilogy (or hexology, as three further volumes have been contracted) called Change World began in 2004 with Dies the Fire, but that work is either not allohistorical or is "border line".
Awards: Finalist: 2000 Sidewise Award for best long-form alternate history.
Stirling, S.M. Island in the Sea of Time.
Series note: First in the Nantucket Trilogy.
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.
Published: NAL/Roc 1998 (0451456750);
and
SFBC 1998 (1568656521).
Bookstore: Listed by Amazon.com in paperback.
Stirling, S.M. Against the Tide of Years.
Series note: Second in the Nantucket Trilogy.
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.
Published: NAL/Roc 1999 (0451457439);
and
SFBC 1999.
Bookstore: Listed by Amazon.com in paperback.
Stirling, S.M. On the Oceans of Eternity.
Series note: Third in the Nantucket Trilogy.
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.
Published: NAL/Roc 2000 (0451457803).
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Excerpt "Riding Shotgun to Armageddon",
in Armageddon (eds. David Drake and Billie Sue Mosiman), Baen 1998 (067187876X);
and Ice, Iron and Gold, Night Shade 2007 (1597801151).
Bookstore: Listed by Amazon.com in paperback.
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 (0765302861, 076530287X).
Bookstore: Listed by Amazon.com in hardcover (The First Heroes).
