The Crystal Empire eBook L Neil Smith
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Earth is ruled by three mighty empires The Saracen-Jewish Empire led by the Caliph of Rome, the Mughal-Arab Empire, ferocious in its determination to destroy its neighbor, and the great Sino-Aztec’s Crystal Empire, led by a living God.
Little is known about the Crystal Empire, which spans most of western America. But it is the most powerful force surviving on Earth and its might is unchallenged.
One man, however, will change that. Sedrich Sedrichsohn, a legendary fallen fighter, has a chance at redemption and nothing will stand in his way to reclaim his life and his purpose, even if he must fight the Sun-God himself.
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The Crystal Empire eBook L Neil Smith Reviews
L. Neil Smith is most noted for his libertarian works. This novel is a bit different. It may be a study or lesson in libertarianism but if so I missed the lesson. That is not to say the novel is boring or not worth the read. Far from it. This is an alternate history novel and one done very well.
In L. Neil Smiths future the Europeans and Christians or gone due to a plague which was far more demonstrous then the one encountered in our timeline. This is a very similar premise to what Kim Stanley Robinson used 15 years later in his "Years of Rice and Salt". Smith does it better. In this novel the event change had a clear plot purpose where as in Robinson's novel I never quite got the point.
A densely written novel which requires careful reading and can not be skimmed through. If you give the novel the effort is deserving of you will enjoy the encounter. A worthy novel which should come back into print.
L. Neil Smith is most noted for his libertarian works. This novel is a bit different. It may be a study or lesson in libertarianism but if so I missed the lesson. That is not to say the novel is boring or not worth the read. Far from it. This is an alternate history novel and one done very well.
In L. Neil Smiths future the Europeans and Christians or gone due to a plague which was far more demonstrous then the one encountered in our timeline. This is a very similar premise to what Kim Stanley Robinson used 15 years later in his "Years of Rice and Salt". Smith does it better. In this novel the event change had a clear plot purpose where as in Robinson's novel I never quite got the point.
A densely written novel which requires careful reading and can not be skimmed through. If you give the novel the effort is deserving of you will enjoy the encounter. A worthy novel which should come back into print.
L. Neil Smith is most noted for his libertarian works. This novel is a bit different. It may be a study or lesson in libertarianism but if so I missed the lesson. That is not to say the novel is boring or not worth the read. Far from it. This is an alternate history novel and one done very well.
In L. Neil Smiths future the Europeans and Christians or gone due to a plague which was far more demonstrous then the one encountered in our time line. This is a very similar premise to what Kim Stanley Robinson used 15 years later in his "Years of Rice and Salt". Smith does it better. In this novel the event change had a clear plot purpose where as in Robinson's novel I never quite got the point.
A densely written novel which requires careful reading and can not be skimmed through. If you give the novel the effort is deserving of you will enjoy the encounter. A worthy novel which should come back into print.
It's the alternative universe that would have been had the Black Plague completely wiped out Europe, enabling the Muslims to complete their conquest of that continent. There are two competing Muslim empires, the Sarasen Jewish Empire in Rome, and Mogul Arab Empire in the East. The Americas remained largely unknown to Europeans apart from a very small group of Vikings who had settled along the East Coast. What's left of Christianity is a pitiful blood cult followed by a few of the American Vikings, hardly recognisable as such by our world's frame of reference. The rest of what our world calls the Americas is controlled by the Aztec empire whose development hadn't been impeded by the arrival of the Spaniards, its technology augmented by the arrival of Chinese adventurers. They are the Crystal Empire.
Sedrich, the son of Sedrich begins the first chapter as a boy who, like his blacksmith father, likes to invent things. Oln Woeck, the local priest of the blood cult, doesn't approve of new inventions. He controls most of the town both through coercion and manipulation -- that is, everyone but Sedrich Owaldsohn and his family. Sedrich Senior is honoured as a local hero, and is not fooled by Oln Woeck's religious mumbo jumbo. The first section of the narrative follows young Sedrich into manhood as he learns to use his father's great sword and develops a relationship with his neighbour's daughter, Frae Hethristochter. Oln Woeck also has designs on young Frae, and manipulates his father into promising her to him. According to the culture, a marriage is only official when a baby is conceived, so young Sedrich and Frae do it in secret. The evil Oln Woeck still gets the upper hand, and in the end, Sedrich has to flee the village, minus his left hand, his father and lover both dead, and not knowing if the new born child survived or not.
Ayesha is the young princess of the Caliph of Rome. At night she has strange dreams of winged flying machines, noisy metal carriages on wheels, and battles fought with powerful weapons the likes of which didn't exist in her world. Her father is fighting a war against the Caliph of the Mogul-Arab Empire, and things don't look good. His only hope is to solicit the help of the unknown emperor of the Crystal Empire. He hopes that by offering his daughter to him, he will send help in the form of his weird and wonderful technology. So Ayesha is sent, accompanied by her aged teacher, Rabbi David Shulieman, the adventurer Machamet al Rotshild, and a number of others, off to the other continent.
How they all meet is a part of the engrossing narrative, but the party that nears its destination includes not only Princess Ayesha and her retinue, but also Sedrich Sedrichson who has now been living for many years with the native tribes, and, much to Sedrich's chagrin, the evil, shifty, Oln Woeck.
Then, they accost the unknown. I'll just give out one detail, hoping it's not a spoiler the Chrystal Empire gains it's advantage by spying on other alternative universes and learning their technology.
The characters are all well drawn and the story takes many an interesting turn. Well worth the read.
My favorite novel by LNS. I reread this often, and it never fails to satisfy. Word1 Word2 Word3 Word4 Word5
This could be the best Science Fiction book ever written, certainly among the top ten!
It,s like Louis L,amour took way too much acid , stated channeling Robert Howard, and wrote an alternative historical fiction novel. I mean in a good way.
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