In the Courts of the Crimson Kings

from kd9

I'm not really attracted to the swashbuckling tales of heroic fighters, even really good female assassins. But I like S. M. Stirling's writing. Even though I was not fond of the previous book in this series, The Sky People, set on a prehistoric, dinosaur and Neanderthal Venus, I did decide to buy...

from JohnFair

In this novel, Mars isn't the dead world that is our second nearest neighbour but the home of an ancient civilisation that is fighting a rearguard action against the decay of the planet. Jeremy Wainman is a terran archaeologist who has made it hs life's work to uncover the secrets of this ancient...

from cajela

If you once loved Thuvia, Maid of Mars, and you long for rollicking adventures with pirates, canals and martian princesses, this is for you! It's one of SM Stirling's alternate worlds, where Venus and Mars are inhabited rather as imagined by the pre-spaceflight SF. Well written, well paced, lots ...

from cajela

If you once loved Thuvia, Maid of Mars, and you long for rollicking adventures with pirates, canals and martian princesses, this is for you! It's one of SM Stirling's alternate worlds, where Venus and Mars are inhabited rather as imagined by the pre-spaceflight SF. Well written, well paced, lots ...

from cammykitty

Alternative history, interplanetary exploration, political intrigue, biotech, Martians, anthropological mystery, lost heir to the throne, flesh-eating birds, flesh-eating land octopi, interspecies romance, sword fighting, quest for object of power. So what exactly is this book? Cerebral parascien...