1634:_the_baltic_war | author | david_weber <sep> 1634: the baltic war is a sequel to both the first-of-type sequels, ring of fire and 1633, co-written by american authors eric flint and david weber published in 2007 it had to await schedule co-ordination by the two authors, which proved difficult and delayed the work by nearly two years it continues the main or central european thread centered on the newly organized united states of europe birthed in central germany under the protection-by-arms of emperor gustavus adolphus (in the previous novel 1633) and in particular, the role of the citizens of grantville, now of thuringia, and the capital city of magdeburg have to play on the world stage with the stability imposed by the protection of gustavus's armies, up-timers began migrating to other locales in the 'neohistories' world as the year 1633 closed this 'second half novel' wraps up two plot threads left hanging in flint and weber's 1633 (2002): the resolution of the captive grantville diplomatic mission that charles i is holding in the tower of london, and how admiral simpson's awkward looking fleet of ironclad warships managed to get out of the elbe past the imperial free city of hamburg to effect the lifting of siege of luebeck 
david weber is the author of 1634: the baltic war.ring of fire and 1633 co-written by eric flint and david weber in 2007