1632. A Ring of Fire Novel.

Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original dark brown faux leather with gilt titles to the upper board and spine, decorated in gilt to both boards. Illustrated with colour frontispiece by Larry Elmore. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. The text block edge is spotted to the top edge.

Signed by the author Eric Flint in black ink on a tipped-in page at the front, as issued. The flagship alternative history novel that sparked a huge collaborative writing effort and began a longtime association with publisher Baen Books, which published most of the author's subsequent work. First published in 2000, '1632' follows the local community of a small American town named Grantville as they are transported from the year 2000 back to the Thuringian Forest in Germany in 1631, during the Thirty Years War. The story has inspired 29 sequels (and counting!) across 8 sub-series, 9 volumes spanning a collective 64 issues of the 'Grantville Gazette' (a co-authored online magazine publishing fan fiction and short stories within the '1632' universe, reviewed and approved by Flint until his death in 2022), and four anthologies under the 'Ring of Fire' series title.