The Peshawar Lancers

By: S. M. Stirling

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

In the mid-1870s, a violent spray of comets hits Earth, decimating cities, erasing shorelines, and changing the world's climate forever. And just as Earth's temperature dropped, so was civilization frozen in time. Instead of advancing technologically, humanity had to piece itself back together....

In the 21st century, boats still run on steam, messages arrive by telegraph, and the British Empire, with its capital now in Delhi, controls much of the world. The other major world leader is the Czar of All the Russias. Everyone predicts an eventual, deadly showdown. But no one can predict the role that one man, Captain Athelstane King, reluctant spy and hero, will play....

©2002 Steven M. Stirling (P)2017 Tantor

Critic reviews

“An irresistible read." ( Booklist)

surprising...

For an SM Storling this one just did not hold my interest. likely just overly complicated without the ability to connect with the geography, history, and what was real vs embellished. Still a huge Stirling fan.

Worst intonation I have ever heard

Every sentence has an irritating cadence. The reader sounds like he is reciting the same children’s poem over and over. There is no engagement with the actual content and flow of the story. I read the book and enjoyed it, but I couldn’t finish the audio book.

steampunk kipling

this book was so fun to read! A swashbuckling adventure mixed with details of a Anglo-Indian culture. immerse yourself into the hills of Preswer, the streets of Delhi and Mumbai and into the hands of Afghani Sky Pirates. If you want a well.read fun book this is one for you!

I wasn’t sure at first

But I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the appendix’s at the end to fill the gaps in the world building.

Good story, great accents, bad inflection

The story is enjoyable, fast paced and imaginative, but the narrators inflections ant the end of every sentence was maddening. Every line was a question. He did a great job with foreign accents, though.