A new addition to the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series! After carving a place for itself in war-torn 17th century Europe citizens of the modern town of Grantville West Virginia the up-timers and their allies take on continental America and Japan! A cosmic catastrophe the Ring of Fire strands the West Virginia town of Grantville in the middle of Europe during the Thirty Years War The repercussions of that event transform Europe and in a few years begin spreading across the world By 1636 the Ring of Fire\'s impact is felt across two great oceans the Atlantic and Pacific