Heroes of the Czech Lands
E-book, Czech
Heroes of the Czech Lands
In the middle of the nineteenth century, the world was struck by a catastrophe. Parts of the Earth's surface were wiped out and ocean levels rose. Entire nations vanished, while others were born. One of them was the Czecho-Slovak Kingdom.
By the mid-twentieth century, the kingdom has become a naval power with colonies and possessions all over the world.
And it is all over the world that the stories in this anthology take place. Ten authors tell stories spanning one hundred years of this new history. From the home soil of the Czecho-Slovak Kingdom to the distant American coast. From Paraguay to India. From South Africa to the Sea of Japan. We meet a Czech writer travelling across America, witness the work of spies, and experience the clash of battleship fleets on the open sea.
In the end, they will all become heroes of the Czech Lands.
Eleven short stories from ten Czech, Slovak, and American authors explore the world of the alternate Czech Lands.
Series author Jan Kotouč first describes the events immediately following the catastrophe in the story After the Great Storm, and nearly a hundred years later, in the story National Hero, he depicts the relentless fight of Admiral Karel Berg's fleet against a superior Spanish force.
Joelle Presby describes the fight of American whalers against British submarines in the story A Cry at Sea.
Crown Prince Tomáš's life is threatened by the sabotage of his ship in the story Below Deck by Vendula Brunhoferová.
The efforts of royal agents to save the son of the Turkish Sultan on the eve of a Russian invasion are portrayed by Marek Brenišin in the story Adana in Flames.
A Czech writer gets entangled in a dangerous game of espionage on the Texan prairie in the story Comanche Moon by Vladimír Šlechta.
An elite Czech pilot with a prototype of a new fighter jet helps solve a series of thefts in South Africa in the story Czech Diamonds by Vlado Ríša.
A doctor investigating a strange death also visits the mines of South Africa in the story The Great Pit II by Karel Doležal.
Tomáš Bandžuch leads a Czech immigrant in Paraguay on the trail of treasure in the story Wishes of the Southern Lands.
A group of Czech adventurers must prevent the sabotage of manganese mining in India in the story The Sacred Right by Lucie Lukačovičová.
The mystery of the Great Storm, the cosmic catastrophe that changed the course of history, is partially revealed by Julie Nováková in the story From Another World.
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