1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies

2014 novel by Eric Flint and Charles Gannon

1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies

Author| Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon
Cover artist| Tom Kidd
Language| English
Series| 1632 series
Genre| Alternate history, science fiction
Publisher| Baen Books

Publication date

| June 3, 2014
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages| 624 (hardback)
ISBN| 978-1-4767-3678-5 (hardback)
OCLC| 865496207
Followed by| 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line

1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies is a novel in the 1632 series written by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon and published on June 3, 2014.[1]

The story follows the adventures of Eddie Cantrell, a supporting character in 1633 and 1634: The Baltic War. Eddie is married to the daughter of the Danish King and is sent to America to set up a colony and to explore for oil in the Gulf of Mexico while defending against the Spanish and pirates.

## Literary significance and reception

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Eric S. Raymond called the book "a solid installment in the ongoing series".[2] The reviewer for SFRevu wrote that "This is a pretty standard Ring of Fire novel. Fans of the series will find a lot to enjoy here, even though it isn't advancing the main story line." However, he still finds the story interesting and looks forward to the continuation of this storyline.[3] Mark Lardas of the Galveston Daily News gave a positive review.[4] One reviewer for the Midwest Book Review called the book "an enjoyable thriller that provides readers with plenty of operational military maneuvers at sea and in Trinidad, and understanding of strategic concerns though the latter sometimes turns boring due TMI detail"[5] while another reviewer for the same publication called it "an engrossing alternate history read highly recommended for fan of the genre".[6] A reviewer for another publication wrote, "He [Flint] and Gannon write an intriguing tale filled with what-ifs that never strain the reader’s ability to believe this might occur. Although unfamiliar with the backstory and characters, I had no trouble following the various story threads, and the book begins with a short overview to set the stage."[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Uchronia: The Assiti Shards (1632) Series". www.uchronia.net.
2. ^ Raymond, Eric S. (April 10, 2014). "Review: 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies". Armed and Dangerous.
3. ^ Lawhorn, Bill (June 3, 2014). "1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies (The Ring of Fire) by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon". SFRevu.
4. ^ Lardas, Mark (June 15, 2014). "'1636' is great as stand-alone part of series". Galveston Daily News.
5. ^ "MBR Bookwatch". Midwest Book Review. August 2014.
6. ^ "California Bookwatch". Midwest Book Review. August 2014.
7. ^ Vallar, Cindy. "Books for Adults - Fiction: 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies". Pirates and Privateers: The History of Maritime Piracy.

## External links

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* 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Assiti Shards series by Eric Flint

1632 series|

| Main series
novels|

* 1632 (2000)
* 1633 (2002)
* 1634: The Baltic War (2007)
* 1635: The Eastern Front (2010)
* 1636: The Saxon Uprising (2011)
* 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught (2017)
* 1637: The Polish Maelstrom (2019)

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South European
thread|

* 1634: The Galileo Affair (2004)
* 1635: The Cannon Law (2006)
* 1635: The Papal Stakes (2012)
* 1636: The Vatican Sanction (2017)

Russian thread|

* 1636: The Kremlin Games (2012)
* 1637: The Volga Rules (2018)
* 1638: The Sovereign States (2023)

India thread|

* 1636: Mission to the Mughals (2017)
* 1637: The Peacock Throne (2021)

Stand-alone
novels|

* 1634: The Bavarian Crisis (2007)
* 1635: The Dreeson Incident (2008)
* 1635: A Parcel of Rogues (2016)
* 1636: The Devil's Opera (2013)
* 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies (2014)
* 1636: The Cardinal Virtues (2015)
* 1636: The Viennese Waltz (2015)
* 1636: The China Venture (2019)
* 1636: The Atlantic Encounter (2020)
* 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line (2020)
* 1636: Calabar's War (2021)
* 1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner (2021)
* 1637: The Transylvanian Decision (2022)
* Security Solutions (2024)
* 1635: The Weaver's Code (2024)

Anthologies
and melded novels|

* Ring of Fire (2004)
* Ring of Fire II (2008)
* Ring of Fire III (2011)
* 1634: The Ram Rebellion (2006)
* 1635: The Tangled Web (2009)
* 1635: Music and Murder (2013)
* 1636: Seas of Fortune (2014)
* 1636: The Barbie Consortium (2014)
* Ring of Fire IV (2016)
* 1636: The Chronicles of Dr. Gribbleflotz (2016)
* 1635: The Wars for the Rhine (2016)
* 1636: Flight of the Nightingale (2019)
* 1637: The Coast of Chaos (2021)

Ring of Fire Press
novels

(full publication list)|

* Joseph Hanauer (2013)
* No Ship for Tranquebar (2013)
* Second Chance Bird (2013)
* Turn Your Radio On (2013)
* Essen Steel (2013) (was The Essen Chronicles)
* The Danish Scheme (2013) (was Northwest Passage)
* Bartley's Man (2016)
* The Muse of Music (2017)
* Love and Chemistry (2017) (was The Undergraduate)
* 1635: The Battle for Newfoundland (2018)
* Essen Defiant (2018)
* The Monster Society (2018)
* Letters From Gronow (2018)
* The Persistence of Dreams (2018)
* The Hunt for The Red Cardinal (2018)
* The Chrysanthemum, the Cross, and the Dragon (2018)
* The Legions of Pestilence (2019)
* The Legend of Jimmy Dick (2019)
* Up-time Pride and Down-time Prejudice (2019)
* The Trouble with Huguenots (2019)
* A Red Son Rises in the West (2019)
* Magdeburg Noir (2020)
* A Holmes For the Czar (2020)
* Fire on the Rio Grande (2020)
* A Red Son: Not Without Honor (2020)
* Tales From the Mermaid and Tiger: Engines of Change (2020)
* Things Could Be Worse: The Pastor Kastenmayer Stories (2020)
* Two Cases for the Czar (2020)
* Designed to Fail (2020)
* The Grantville Inquisitor (2021)
* A Matter of Security (2021)
* A Mission for the Czar (2021)
* Missions of Security (2021)
* Saving The Dodo (2021)
* The Horsewoman (2021)
* Mrs. Flannery's Flowers (2021)
* Security Threats (2021)
* A 1632 Christmas (2021)
* The Gourmets of Grantville (2021)
* The Marshals (2022)
* The Unexpected Sales Reps (2022)
* I Want to Be Your Hero (2022)
* The Private Casefiles of Archie Gottesfreund (2022)

Huff & Goodlett Press|

* A Diogenes Club for the Czar (2023)

Grantville Gazettes
and other magazines|

* Grantville Gazette I (2004)
* Grantville Gazette II (2006)
* Grantville Gazette III (2007)
* Grantville Gazette IV (2008)
* Grantville Gazette V (2009)
* Grantville Gazette VI (2012)
* Grantville Gazette VII (2015)
* Grantville Gazette VIII (2018)
* Grantville Gazette IX (2021)
* Grantville Gazette e-magazine (2004-2022)
* 1632 & Beyond e-magazine (2023-present)

Related lists|

* List of books in the 1632 series

Time Spike series|

* Time Spike (2008)
* Time Spike: The Mysterious Mesa (2018)
* Time Spike: The First Cavalry of the Cretaceous (2022)

Queen of the Seas
series|

* The Alexander Inheritance (2017)
* The Macedonian Hazard (2021)
* The Sicilian Coil (2021)
* The Carthaginian Crisis (2024)

Crossing series|

* The Crossing (2022)

Peterbilt series|

* An Angel Called Peterbilt (2024)

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