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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100451458737
ISBN-139780451458735
eBay Product ID (ePID)2352525
Product Key Features
Book TitlePeshawar Lancers
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Action & Adventure, Alternative History, Fantasy / Historical
Publication Year2003
FeaturesReprint
GenreFiction
AuthorS.M. Stirling
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length6.7 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"A wonderfully evocative adventure, told by an absolute master."-- Mike Resnick "Stirling set up his world superbly....It has color, vibrancy, and boldness."-- Santa Fe New Mexican "An irresistible read."-- Booklist "A remarkable alternate history."-- Library Journal "Splendidly detailed world building...with state-of-the-art-action."-- Roland Green "Aimed at readers who thrill to King, Empire, and the fluttering Union Jack...a nifty premise."-- Publishers Weekly, "A wonderfully evocative adventure, told by an absolute master."- Mike Resnick "Stirling set up his world superbly….It has color, vibrancy, and boldness."- Santa Fe New Mexican "An irresistible read."- Booklist "A remarkable alternate history."- Library Journal "Splendidly detailed world building…with state-of-the-art-action."- Roland Green "Aimed at readers who thrill to King, Empire, and the fluttering Union Jack…a nifty premise."- Publishers Weekly, "A wonderfully evocative adventure, told by an absolute master."--Mike Resnick "Stirling set up his world superbly....It has color, vibrancy, and boldness."-- Santa Fe New Mexican "An irresistible read."-- Booklist "A remarkable alternate history."-- Library Journal "Splendidly detailed world building...with state-of-the-art-action."--Roland Green "Aimed at readers who thrill to King, Empire, and the fluttering Union Jack...a nifty premise."-- Publishers Weekly
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Grade ToUP
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisIn the mid-1870s, a violent spray of comets hits Earth, decimating cities, erasing shorelines, and changing the world's climate forever. And just as Earth's temperature dropped, so was civilization frozen in time. Instead of advancing technologically, humanity had to piece itself back together... In the twenty-first century, boats still run on steam, messages arrive by telegraph, and the British Empire, with its capital now in Delhi, controls much of the world. The other major world leader is the Czar of All the Russias. Everyone predicts an eventual, deadly showdown. But no one can predict the role that one man, Captain Athelstane King, reluctant spy and hero, will play...