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03041aam a22004938i 4500 001 BD8FBE04DAA211E9A986565A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190919010010 008 190418t20192019nyub 000 1 eng 010 $a 2019017544 020 $a 1481484230 020 $a 9781481484237 035 $a (OCoLC)1098236062 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d CHY $d OCO $d JNE $d IUK $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a PS3556.L548 $b A6186666 2019 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Flint, Eric, $e author. 245 10 $a 1636 : $b the China venture / $c Eric Flint and Iver P. Cooper. 246 3 $a Sixteen hundred thirty-six 246 3 $a Sixteen thirty-six 246 3 $a China venture 264 1 $a Riverdale, NY : $b Baen, $c [2019] 300 $a 448 pages : $b maps ; $c 25 cm 490 1 $a Ring of fire series 520 $a "The newly formed United States of Europe, created by an alliance between the time-displaced Americans from the town of Grantville and the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, decides to send an embassy to the Chinese empire. One of the main purposes of the embassy is to establish trade in order to gain access to critical resources. The mission is a gamble--some might say, a long shot. The Ming dynasty is on the verge of collapse and China's rulers are suspicious of foreigners. The mission experiences one setback after another, but presses on. And they gain an important ally along the way: Zheng Zhilong, a former pirate now an admiral for the Ming navy and the head of an extremely wealthy Fujian province trading family. He knows through his Jesuit missionary connections that according to Grantville's history books, the Ming dynasty is in danger, from famines, bandit armies and barbarian invaders. And he is determined that, one way or another, he and his family will survive and even prosper. The embassy is joined as well by a young scholar, who helps them make inroads into China's complex and often dangerous society. Can the up-timers and their friends persuade the imperial dynasty and its mandarins to establish trade and diplomatic relations with the USE? They have one great asset: their knowledge may be the key to saving China from decades of mass suffering and civil war."-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a "A Baen Books original." 650 0 $a Time travel $v Fiction. 651 0 $a China $x History $y Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Alternative histories (Fiction) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Cooper, Iver P., $e author. 830 0 $a Ring of fire (Riverdale, N.Y.) 941 $a 7 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054927.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518023852.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529020613.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200101011402.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20191017025142.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20191005013256.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190919010040.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BD8FBE04DAA211E9A986565A97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search