CLASH OF EAGLES
Book ID/图书代码： 01240015B78459
English Summary/英文概要： Perfect for fans of action-adventure and historical fiction—including novels by such authors as Bernard Cornwell, Steve Berry, Naomi Novik, and Harry Turtledove—this stunning work of alternate history imagines a world in which the Roman Empire has not fallen and the North American continent has just been discovered. In the year 1218 AD, transported by Norse longboats, a Roman legion crosses the great ocean, enters an endless wilderness, and faces a cataclysmic clash of worlds, cultures, and warriors.
Ever hungry for land and gold, the Emperor has sent Praetor Gaius Marcellinus and the 33rd Roman Legion into the newly discovered lands of North America. Marcellinus and his men expect easy victory over the native inhabitants, but on the shores of a vast river the Legion clashes with a unique civilization armed with weapons and strategies no Roman has ever imagined.
Forced to watch his vaunted force massacred by a surprisingly tenacious enemy, Marcellinus is spared by his captors and kept alive for his military knowledge. As he recovers and learns more about these proud people, he can’t help but be drawn into their society, forming an uneasy friendship with the denizens of the city-state of Cahokia. But threats—both Roman and Native—promise to assail his newfound kin, and Marcellinus will struggle to keep the peace while the rest of the continent surges toward certain conflict.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 艾伦•斯梅尔的这部扣人心弦架空历史系列小说，故事发生在1218年，历经了几个世纪磨难的古罗马帝国入侵北美的时期。出现在读者眼帘的一位名叫Gaius Marcellinus的绝世英雄，如何运用其个人身上所独有的人性、勇敢、爱和智慧，去改变自己的人生轨迹。
成功击退令人生畏的 Iroqua 部落的一次入侵后, Marcellinus看似势单力薄的北美部族是绝不会放任任何机会让罗马军队有机可乘的。雪上加霜的是，敌对派系也威胁着卡霍基亚的统一大业。Marcellinus决心拯救他曾经效力的帝国文明。但罗马正危如累卵，他首先必须避免Iroqua的再次攻击并给卡霍基亚带来和平的期望。只有胸中常埋的爱国之心才能给Marcellinus带来希望的胜利。
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Awards/获奖情况：“Just when it seems there is nothing new in [alternate] history comes this debut.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“An intriguingly original alternate history.”—Kirkus Reviews
“[Alan Smale] breathes life into the New World civilizations and offers up a compelling view of what might have happened had these two continents collided. . . . I found the New World of 1218 AD fascinating. I look forward to the next installment.”—Historical Novels Review
“Authoritatively researched, compellingly told, and with pleasing echoes of L. Sprague de Camp, Clash of Eagles is a modern masterpiece of what-if speculation.”—Stephen Baxter, Philip K. Dick Award–winning author of The Time Ships
“My favorite kind of alternate history: epic, bloody, and hugely imaginative.”—John Birmingham, author of Without Warning
“Clash of Eagles is epic in its sweep, exciting in its narrative, and eyeball-kick sharp in its details.”—Nancy Kress, Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of Beggars in Spain
“Clash of Eagles, the first book of Alan Smale’s trilogy, introduces the series with a lightning bolt. Bracketed between two breathtaking and meticulously strategized battles is a sensitive evocation of a lost culture, an act of literary archeology like no other I’ve read. My advice is to get in on the ground floor now!”—James Patrick Kelly, Nebula Award–winning author of Burn
About the Author/作者介绍： 艾伦•斯梅尔是一位专业天文学家, 但他的作品口味都一直偏向于充满着曲折，离奇幻想和恐怖的历史题材小说。他的前哥伦布时期的罗马人中篇小说，Panverse 出版的该系列的第二部小说“群鹰逐鹿”荣获架空历史小说侧向奖，而故事背景为同一时期的该三部曲的首部小说，这部作品已经于2015年在北美和欧洲和英国同步上市。该系列的第二部小说“放逐之鹰”以及随后一部“帝国之鹰”将分别于2016年3月和2017年发行。
艾伦的40部短篇小说曾在各大杂志上热销。自小在英格兰长大的艾伦，拥有牛津大学天体物理学和物理学学位。曾负责天体物理学文档管理主任，同时参与美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心对于黑洞双星的研究工作。艾伦还是著名的声乐乐团The Chromatics的低音吟唱者，并一同创立了AstroCappella教育项目。
Alan Smale is a professional astronomer, but his writing tastes have always veered more towards alternate and twisted history, fantasy, and horror. He has made over three dozen sales to magazines including Asimov’s, Realms of Fantasy, Abyss & Apex, Paradox, and Scape, and original anthologies Panverse One and Two, Book of Dead Things, and Writers of the Future #13. His novella of Romans in ancient America, "A Clash of Eagles" in Panverse Two, won the 2010 Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and he has recently sold a trilogy of novels set in the same universe. The first, CLASH OF EAGLES, will appear from Del Rey in March 2015.
Alan grew up in England, and has degrees in Physics and Astrophysics from Oxford University. He now lives in the United States where he serves as director of an astrophysical archive and performs research on black hole binaries at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Alan also sings bass with well-known vocal band The Chromatics, and is co-creator of their educational AstroCappella project.
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