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Book #14 of Eric Flint's New York Times and Wall Street Journalbest-selling alternate history series, Ring of Fire. Eddie Cantrell, now married to the king of Denmark's daughter, is sentby Admiral Simpson to the Caribbean to secure access to the most valuablecommodity on that continent - not the gold and silver which the Spanishtreasure, but the oil which up-time machines and industry need. The admiral hasalso provided Eddie's small task force with the new steam-powered frigatesthat have just come out of the navy's shipyards. Even with the frigates, agiant obstacle stands in his way: the Gulf-girdling Spanish presence in the NewWorld. So a diversion is needed, carried out by an up-time car mechanic and adown-time mercenary colonel who also happens to be the last earl of Ireland.Their mission: grab the oil fields on Trinidad, and so distract the attention ofSpain's New World governors.