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# 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught (21) (Ring of Fire) Hardcover – January 3, 2017

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    An enjoyable entry in a fun, complex, and sprawling series
  

*by T***E on Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2017*

I was extremely happy with this entry in the 1632/Ring of Fire series. It picks up where the Dresden crisis left off, and adds Tom and Rita Simpson back into the main story line again.My only criticisms are that it's a bit predictable at times, and that the build-up lasts significantly longer than the action. This has been a problem in the last few novels (most notably The Cardinal Virtues, set in France), but, here, the characters are by now well-drawn, and it's enjoyable seeing Mike Sterns, Rebecca Abranel, Gretchen Richter and her husband Jeff, Tom & Rita Simpson, Thorsten Engler, and all the rest--just go through their daily lives.More specifically, I should also mention that, like most Ring of Fire books, the book isn't so much a tightly-plotted story as a detailed account of what happened to various characters throughout the year. Personally, I don't mind this, though, since the characters are fun and interesting. The dramatis personae is getting extremely long, though, so a lot of characters are getting left out of the main plot thread or having their roles significantly curtailed: Prince Ulrik, Princess Kristina, Caroline (Thorsten's betrothed), Admiral Simpson & his wife, USEAF head Jesse Woods, secret agent Harry Lefferts, the Roths, the Stones, everyone in Amsterdam and England and Grantville--the list goes on. Hopefully future entries in the series will tell us more about what happened to them.I should also mention that there is currently a significant formatting error in the Kindle edition, which is quite distracting. About half-way through the book, all of the text changes to italics, and stays that way for the remainder of the story. It happens when Tom Simpson is thinking about the sign on a cathedral door, which is block-quoted. This is the main reason my review is 4 stars, in addition to my more spoiler-y criticism below.Minor Spoilers Ahead:My favorite part is when Gretchen Richter invades and captures a portion Poland with the assistance of two Polish spies, who originally had no intention of helping her.My least favorite part concerned Ottoman's the capture of Vienna, which was handled in a very abrupt manner, with surprisingly little reaction from the other characters. I did like the depiction of the POV of the sultan's soldiers, but it often felt like the Ottomans were intentionally depicted more as an alien threat than as fellow down-time human beings--making the Ottoman scenes occasionally take on racist or Islamophobic overtones. Was Sultan Murad really more of an inhuman monster than Tilly, Wallenstein, the Cardinal, etc.? I have no idea, but this depiction just felt a bit off to me. This is the other reason why I couldn't give 5 stars.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    As always, we have a page turning story which leaves readers happy and eager for even more.
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2017*

I am a huge fan of the Ring of Fire series and have eagerly awaited the arrival of The Ottoman Onslaught.  In short, I am well pleased with this volume in what I believe to be the greatest and certainly the most copious body of literature of our new century.  Eric Flint has created a literary universe with great detail and more importantly with a very large cast of characters, all of whom are fully realized people and people with whom we want to share our time.  In this volume we travel between three frontier areas of the seemingly endless expansion of the United States of Europe.  In each area we encounter a clutch of our familiar characters.  While the Ottoman Onslaught, the invasion of Austria by Murad IV, provides the main focus of the events in the story we also have the situation in Bavaria to resolve.  In a third direction we have another story way out in Silesia dealing with the complex political and military activities there.  On the Austrian front Murad shows an unexpected talent for using new technology in unexpected ways in his attempt at completing the long held Ottoman dream of attacking Vienna.  Flint introduces us to some new characters, expands some previously introduced characters and lets us into the lives of old friends once again.  Not only do we sit in the council rooms of the high and mighty but we also hang out with the likes of beautiful young financier Judy Wendell and teen age spy Minnie Hugelmair, two of my favorite characters.  Minnie's gal pal and fellow teen spy Denise Beasley, another strong character, has been assigned to help out in Silesia.  We have a whole herd of people active on that front from Polish soldiers to revolutionaries to a raving army of mercenaries.  We could separate the parts dealing with Silesia and put them in an entirely different book if we (or if Flint) wanted to.  There certainly is enough story there for a stand alone book.  At the end of one of the other books Michael Stearns, commander of the Third Division of the USE army, takes an order from Gustav II to hurry on down to Bavaria and overthrow the Duke there.  This makes for a third story, also well developed and filled with its own cast of characters, many of whom are old friends.  I and the many other fans read these books because of the well rounded and interesting characters.  Flint gives them interesting and important things to do, which is a bonus for us.  Flint sets up his culmination very well.  We have three tales to bring to a conclusion.  It is this conclusion that prevents the award of all five possible stars in the Amazon rating.  Even with 579 pages to work with the ending of two of the  tales seem forced and flat.  The main thrust, the struggle with the Ottoman's, is quite properly left hanging at the edge of a cliff.  I have not problem with that either as a technique to continue interest in the series or as an end to this particular segment of the grand story.  But both the Bavarian story and the Silesian story finish up with an unsatisfying abruptness.  I will re-read The Ottoman Onslaught next week to see what I might have missed or skipped over too quickly.  I like these stories so much that I customarily read each one several times.  The ROF tales are outstanding.  Flint is a grand writer and has managed to bring in many other writers to help him expand his vision.  Bravo.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Predictable in a very good way
  

*by C***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2017*

First, I liked this entry in the series just as much as all the others that Mr. Flint has written.Before you write the review, you are asked to pick one of a series of canned answers to some questions.  The first question was about the plot.  The three responses were, Predictable, Some twists and Full of surprises.  I chose answer number one because this book was predictably well written.  The plot was predictably exciting and through the story we learned more about the characters as they continue to develop, which is also predictable.  There were also some twists which I have also come to expect and were, therefore, predictable.  Also, while I wouldn't go so far as to say that the plot was Full of surprises, there were some surprises in it, which is predictable for a book written by Mr. Flint.As you can probably surmise, I'm something less than 100% happy with the choices offered in response to that first question.  For me though, the thing that qualifies this as a really good book is this.  I was sorry when I reached the end.  OK, and one other thing.  I can't wait for the next one.

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