Exiled: Clan of the Claw, Book One
by S. M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Jody Lynn Nye, John Ringo; Michael Z. Williamson
SUMMARY: First entry in a new series with three big all new linked novellas from multiple best-sellers Harry Turtledove, John Ringo & Jody Lynn Nye, and S.M. Stirling! After the extinction asteroid DOESN’T strike Earth, the dinosaurs keep evolving – but so do the mammals. We mammals have achieved human-like shapes, but now it’s cold-blooded, magic-using reptiles against the hot-blooded, hot-tempered descendants of cats. In a heroic, bronze-age world similar to 300, the Mrem Clan of the Claw and its sister warbands are expanding their rough-and-tumble territory, but now they face the Lishkash, masters of a cold-blooded empire of slave armies and magic. It’s mammalian courage and adaptation against reptile cunning in a clash of steel and will that will determine which line shall inherit the Earth.About contributor John Ringo: “[O]ne of the best...practitioners. . .of military SF.” –Publishers Weekly."[F]ast-paced military SF peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse" – Library Journal“[Ringo’s work] “attains a terrible beauty not unlike that of the Norse Eddas...” – Publishers Weekly "If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo.” – The Philadelphia Weekly Press About contributor Harry Turtledove: “...the master of alternative SF.” –Publishers Weekly“Outstanding enterntainment.” –BooklistAbout contributor S.M. Stirling: “Stirling eloquently describes a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF.” –Publishers Weekly on Stirlings The Scourge of God