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A trilogy by [=~S. M. Stirling~=], in which the entire island of Nantucket is [[MassTeleportation sent back in time]] to the late Bronze Age by a mysterious dome of light. "The Event" also brings along the Eagle Eagle, a Coast Guard training vessel--a mixed blessing for Nantucket, for while the ship and its crew prove invaluable in saving the island from starvation, one of the officers, [[MeaningfulName William Walker]] gathers a band of followers and hijacks a ship for England, where he sets himself up as a warlord among the Indo-European tribes of the area. For obvious reasons, the people of Nantucket are not pleased with this, and the Town Meeting, under the leadership of former police chief Jared Cofflin and Marian Alston, captain of the Eagle, sends a force after him.
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* ChekovsSkill: Quite a few, but among the prominent ones, Doreen Rosenthal being an astronomer comes in very handy when [[spoiler: convincing the elders of Swindapa's tribe, who are basically the caretakers of [[LandmarkOfLore Stonehenge]], that the Nantucketers are friendly.]]
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* ChekovsSkill: ChekhovsSkill: Quite a few, but among the prominent ones, Doreen Rosenthal being an astronomer comes in very handy when [[spoiler: convincing the elders of Swindapa's tribe, who are basically the caretakers of [[LandmarkOfLore Stonehenge]], that the Nantucketers are friendly.]]
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* ChekovsSkill: Quite a few, but among the prominent ones, Doreen Rosenthal being an astronomer comes in very handy when [[spoiler: convincing the elders of Swindapa's tribe, who are basically the caretakers of [[LandmarkOfLore Stonehenge]], that the Nantucketers are friendly.]]
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* HotScientist: Doreen Rosenthal.
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* JewishAndNerdy: Played very straight with Doreen Rosenthal, but [[AmbiguouslyJewish averted]] in the case of her post-Event husband Ian Arnstein -- though she jokingly mention he's the only [[NiceJewishBoy eligible prospect]] around.
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* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: Some of the Lisketter group meet their ends this way, one almost immediately since the Mesoamericans apparently have a thing for [[BloodLust freshly-drained blood]].]]
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* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: Some of the Lisketter group meet their ends this way, way at the hands of the Mesoamericans, one almost immediately after capture since the Mesoamericans Jaguar God followers apparently have a thing for [[BloodLust freshly-drained blood]].]]
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* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: The followers of the Jaguar God have this in mind for their captives.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: Some of the Lisketter group meet their ends this way, one almost immediately since the Mesoamericans apparently have a thing for [[BloodLust freshly-drained blood]].]]
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: Some of the Lisketter group meet their ends this way, one almost immediately since the Mesoamericans apparently have a thing for [[BloodLust freshly-drained blood]].]]
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[spoiler: Marian Alston]]
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[spoiler: Marian Alston]]Alston, and later Swindapa]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pamela Lisketter's group aren't heroes except in their own minds, but [[spoiler: their attempt to prepare the Mesoamericans against Nantucket/European encroachment winds up wiping out Mesoamericans with mumps.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pamela Lisketter's group aren't heroes except in their own minds, but [[spoiler: their attempt to prepare the Mesoamericans against Nantucket/European encroachment winds up wiping out infecting the Mesoamericans with mumps.mumps and wiping out their civilization.]]
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* BattleCouple: [[spoiler: Marian Alston and Swindapa.]]
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** They ''do'' realize that many very nasty things could've happened as side-effects of the Event though. Dvelling on them was [[DespairEventHorizon extremely unhealthy]] however, and as a result a set of unwritten taboos on discussing the Event gradually developed.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Students of history might want to keep an eye on any compatriots named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_%28filibuster%29 William Walker]] when dealing with less technologically advanced groups of people.
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* AntiVillain: Isketerol, merchant adventurer-turned-king of Tartessos.
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* EyepatchOfPower:[[spoiler: William Walker, after the Battle of the Downs.]]
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A few--the king of Babylon, the Pharaoh
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A few--the king of Babylon, the PharaohPharaoh, and maybe some of the Achaean and Trojan characters, depending on what you think of Homer's accuracy...
* HotSpringsEpisode: In the third book, oddly enough.
* HotSpringsEpisode: In the third book, oddly enough.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Several. William Walker is his own top general, and Kashtiliash and Raupasha take a direct hand in fighting for their respective countries.
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* [[GranolaGirl Granola Guy]]: John Martins, oh so much.
* [[GranolaGirl Granola Guy]]: John Martins, oh so much.
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* PerfectPoison: Averted in the deaths of [[spoiler:Walker, Hong and their entourage at the end of the third book]]. [[CompleteMonster Not that they didn't have it coming.]]
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* PerfectPoison: Averted in the somewhat prolonged deaths of [[spoiler:Walker, Hong and their entourage at the end of the third book]]. [[CompleteMonster Not that they didn't have it coming.]]
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* PublicDomainCharacter: Odisseus ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS spelled Odikweos]] in the books) and a few other characters from the same source.
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* MightyWhitey: Gleefuly and consciously inverted by Marian Alston at every opportunity. [[KnightTemplar McAndrews]] tries to do this too, with far less success.
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* PerfectPoison: Averted in the deaths of [[Walker, Hong and their entourage at the end of the third book]]. [[CompleteMonster Not that they didn't have it coming.]]
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A trilogy by [=~S. M. Stirling~=], in which the entire island of Nantucket is [[MassTeleportation sent back in time]] to the late Bronze Age by a mysterious dome of light. "The Event" also brings along the Eagle a Coast Guard training vessel--a mixed blessing for Nantucket, for while the ship and its crew prove invaluable in saving the island from starvation, one of the officers, [[MeaningfulName William Walker]] gathers a band of followers and hijacks a ship for England, where he sets himself up as a warlord among the Indo-European tribes of the area. For obvious reasons, the people of Nantucket are not pleased with this, and the Town Meeting, under the leadership of former police chief Jared Cofflin and Marian Alston, captain of the Eagle.
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A trilogy by S.[=~S. M. Stirling, Stirling~=], in which the entire island of Nantucket is [[MassTeleportation sent back in time]] to the late Bronze Age by a mysterious dome of light. "The Event" also brings along the Eagle a Coast Guard training vessel--a mixed blessing for Nantucket, for while the ship and its crew prove invaluable in saving the island from starvation, one of the officers, [[MeaningfulName William Walker]] gathers a band of followers and hijacks a ship for England, where he sets himself up as a warlord among the Indo-European tribes of the area. For obvious reasons, the people of Nantucket are not pleased with this, and the Town Meeting, under the leadership of former police chief Jared Cofflin and Marian Alston, captain of the Eagle.
