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I first read the lost regiment series years ago, and reread it many times afterwards. Down to the sea lost regiment, book 9 by forstchen. The norfolk regiment, made up of 250 men, 16 officers, and led by sir horace proctorbeauchamp, set out for the gallipoli peninsula from liverpool on july 30, 1915 aboard the ss aquitainia and arrived at suvla bay in gallipoli on 10 august 1915 amidst heavy fighting. All members in good standing are free to post here. Forstchen is the author of the new york times bestseller one second after and we look like men of war, among numerous other books in diverse subjects ranging from history to science fiction. Laplander author of the forthcoming book epic in the argonne. First novel in the acclaimed lost regiment series by the author of one second.

In the aftermath of gettysburg, the 35th regiment of the union army. Granted, the story is good, the action impeccable, but there are some inconsistencies in the idea. He is a professor of history and faculty fellow at montreat college, in montreat, north carolina. For mark caldwell, an unsatisfying life was about to take a turn both terrifying and exhilarating as his fate took an unimaginable turn. It has been 10 years since a group of american civil war soldiers was swept away from the battlefields of earth to a distant worldwhere the only place for a human is as a slave to an alien race. The destroyermen series is a series of alternate history books, written by american writer and historian taylor anderson. I loved the lost regiment series and its epic conflicts. Stranded on a distant world ruled by alien creatures, union colonel andrew keane and his regiment must rely on a brute force when a human traitor among them gives the aliens the secret to air power. During the second day of the battle of gettysburg july 2, 1863 confederate gen. The tugar are ten foot tall aliens with a culture and technology similar to that of the mongol. Paul on september 21, only to be ambushed upon their return. T remember forstchen saying that hell write some lost regiment books around the time he was writing the alternate acw trilogy but that was years ago.

The complete series list for the lost regiment william r. The record of the ten commandments can be found in the bible, both in exodus 20. The series is based around a union army regiment from the american civil war which is transported to an alien world by unknown means. Jul 27, 2010 the book was first released in 2000 which fits with the op picking it up from the airport in 2001. The mysterious vanishing battalion of wwi mysterious. Forstchen the first thing you need to understand about the lost regiment series is that its a series to extreme. With tim pigottsmith, geraldine james, wendy morgan, judy parfitt.

Men of war lost regiment, book 8 by william r forstchen. From november 10 to december 9, 1928, all quiet on the western front was published in serial form in vossische zeitung magazine. Included in the fateful mission were companies a, b, c, e, g, and h from the 308th infantry regiment, company k, from the 307th infantry regiment, and companies c and d from the 306th machine. If anyone enjoys history and fantasy and the thrill of battle, as well as its sorrow and consequence, you couldnt go wrong with these stories. The lost regiment is a series of science fiction novels by american novelist william r. The lost battalion consisted of several different companies from the 77th division of the american expeditionary force aef stationed in france. Jun 30, 2008 the first book is about an acw regiment from maine on a steambat sailing inot a war and ending up on a planet where giant creatures that are organized and fight like mongols. The lost regiment who were left behind and forgotten after. In 1751, it was numbered like most other british army regiments and named the 9th regiment of foot. Hello from minnesota new recruits training camp meet. In the aftermath of gettysburg, the 35th regiment of the union army were pulled through a time warp, leaving them stranded in a strange alien word. The screaming eagles has been referred to by journalists as the tip of the spear as well as one of the most potent and tactically mobile of the u.

The nazi war machine takes moscow at the bloody height of world war ii. None of the books make sense unless read in strict chronological order. Boarding a transport ship after the battle of gettysburg, colonel andrew keane and his 35th maine regiment are swept into an alternate world. This is an incomplete story and its highly unlikely we will ever get another. The first thing you need to understand about the lost regiment series is that its a series to extreme. The royal norfolk regiment was a line infantry regiment of the british army until 1959. Remembering the lost battalion, 99 years later the new. This is a revised and edited adaption of gbws great fanfic the lost regiment of videssos. Nov 10, 2017 remembering the lost battalion, 99 years later. The lost regiment, book 9 audible audiobook unabridged william r. The good news for them is that there are other humans on the planet russians, romans, carthaginians, japanese, chinese, and others who entered the same way the 35th maine did. Lost regiment is moving forward with cruisewagner productions and paramount studios. The book was first released in 2000 which fits with the op picking it up from the airport in 2001.

The lost regiment is a series of science fiction novels written by william r. Down to the sea lost regiment, book 9 by william r forstchen. The time period was set to be around 20 years after the events of book 8 of the lost regiment series. The lost regiment book 10 book 9 of 9 in the lost regiment series. Mr forstchen has revitalised the lost regiment series.

Tmp the lost regiment coming to a theater near you. Forstchen was worried about writing a new series, he did not wish to write a rehash, or just tack on another story to the series. Most scholars date this event around the th or 14th century bc. Only matthew reddy, commander of the old destroyer uss walker, seems focused on its original intent. See the complete lost regiment series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The impossible has spawned the unthink the first book of the draka series. The first human civilization they encounter on this planet resembles medieval russia, with boyars and priests ruling over the peasants and townspeople. Down to the sea is a fresh and bold look into a new world of the lost regiment. They did not have to wait long to see battle themselves. As you will find when reading it, it is the start of another series of books. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Three members of the 442nd, barney hajiro, james okubo, and george sakato, were awarded the medal of honor for their participation in the rescue, although due to the discrimination of that era, they were originally awarded lesser medals. Twenty years after the end of the wars there suddenly appears a new threat.

Within half a page of this novel one is recaptured to that other world. Colonel charles white whittlesey earned his fame when he was a major in world war i with the american expeditionary force. This is the fourth book which i have inhaled in the lost regiment series. This is a feudal system with boyars and a tsar, but the americans start to introduce their ideas and their technology centuries ahead of the rus tech to the system. Jul 15, 2018 the lost regiment who were left behind and forgotten after the evacuation of dunkirk save. Having had the privileged to read the book series, i must admit that unlike other world war books, the alien characters featured in the lost regiment are fairly imaginative and very properly defined as well. Lee attempted to capitalize on his first days success. The lost regiment arrives near rus, which was founded by descendents of russians who arrived though the gate of light. But reinforcements arrived on september 23 and company d was relieved. The first book is about an acw regiment from maine on a steambat sailing inot a war and ending up on a planet where giant creatures that are organized and fight like mongols. The story begins with an unjust arrest for rape, and the consequences of this echo through the series.

God gave the decalogue, or 10 commandments, to the israelites shortly after they left egypt. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. Buy down to the sea lost regiment, book 9 by forstchen, william r. Factbased war drama about an american battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind. The lost regiment audiobooks listen to the full series. Forstichen please put out a couple more novels on the lost regiment, you know 1 or 2 or 8 or 10, the days. It has been over a decade since andrew keanes union regiment was mysteriously pulled away from the civil war and marooned in time on a hostile alien planet. Forstchen is the first book in the lost regiment series. Even before the ordeal was over, they were being called the lost battalion. Fateful lightning the lost regiment series book 4 kindle. Forstchen born october 11, 1950 is an american historian and author who began publishing in 1978 as a contributor to boys life. I loved the book, had some unexpected twists in the story but otherwise it was a really good book. The lost regiment and american civil war alternate histories see more.

After the battle of gettysburg, the 35th maine volunteer regiment is swept into a portal and lands on an alien world. Doing a quick search i was amazed to discover that this series didnt have a million and one threads about it. Civil war elements with an alternate world landscape. Ive been listening to william forstchens lost regiment series recently. The lost regiment is a series of science fiction novels by william forstchen. I had felt that the previous novel was a tired, and unworthy, ending to a great series, but this book is a horse of a different colour. In 1962, texas governor john connally made the veterans of the 442nd honorary texans for their role in the rescue of the lost battalion. Questions of identity and personal responsibility are explored against a background of. Starting out during one of the last phases civil war, a regiment of the union army is hit by a lightning strike and sent to a faraway planet one with only medievallevel weaponry and technology. The next several books take up the story a few years later. While some of the books are better than others, they must be read in order. Now that the end is in sight for game of thrones, what do you think about the idea of hbo or showtime taking a crack at bringing william forstchens the lost regiment to the screen. This final novel in the lost regiment series finds colonel andrew keane and the soldiers of his 35th maine preparing to wage war against the alien hordes for the. Lost regiment book 9 put out a couple more novels on the lost regiment, you know 1 or 2 or 8 or would this be the lost regiment series.

Forstchen decided to stay in this world and give us another round. After reading this on alternate history discussion, i realized this fic was too good to stay dead. Supported by recent research, it dispels many of the myths attached to the battalion including disappearing into a. I think thats the lost regiment series by william fortschen, first book is called rally cry. Phil mckee in the lost battalion 2001 the lost battalion 2001. A bit on the fringe for alternate history, but definitely looks into the question of what if constant and desperate war had forced the american armed forces to continue innovating military technology past the point where it was in 1865, rather than slip into 20 years of stagnation. But have lost my paperback copies so was happy to see forstchens series starting to appear as an e book. I am aware that platforms like amazon and goodreads provide book recommendations. The 35th regiment, maine volunteer infantry is a fictional volunteer regiment maine really raised 32 infantry regiments during the american civil war in william forstchens the lost regiment series.

The hordes are surprised when they bump into human forces for the first time ever in real battle. The lost battalion of world war i pieces of history. The same monsters as usually but this time with a higher technology. The setting of the book combines a solid level of historical u. But even though they are far from home, the members of the union 35th main regiment still embody the. A parallel world novel of majestic sweep and gripping intensity. The assaults were unsuccessful, and resulted in heavy. It is a sort of asb ah series where union soldiers are dropped off to an alien world where humaneating mongolesque hordes rule the world, and the war of the republic humans joining the regiment against the bantag and puppets. Lost regiment movie in preproduction wing commander cic.

It was released in book form the following year to smashing success, selling one and a half million copies that same year. But now it appears as if everything the lost regiment has fought and died for has been in vain. Jul 21, 2017 todays post comes from garet andersonlind, an intern with the national archives history office. He led a battalion of over 550 men that became trapped. Colonel andrew keane and his bluecoated soldiers want to read. Feb 27, 2011 as the attacks lessened, more couriers, escorted by 10 soldiers and 10 local citizens, were dispatched to st. Charles whittlesey, the commander of the lost battalion. When union colonel andrew keane and his soldiers were sent through a spacetime warp, they end up in an alternate world where their rifles were centuries advanced over swords, spears and crossbows. Based on the idea given to me by bobby lee, i am going to make a scenario series based on the lost regiment books, the first one is the landing of the americans, from now on called yankees, and their struggle to surviv in the first few months of their landing. The longplanned raid on the heart of the grik empire has grown more ambitious and dangerously illdefined. Dec 03, 2015 the defeat of the tugar horde by andrew keane, his civil war regiment and soldiers from the nowliberated russian city rus was cause for great celebration rally cry, book 1 in the lost regiment series. Never sound retreat the lost regiment series book 6 english edition. In the pacific, as uss walker is repaired and updated after a previous battle and matt reddy is healing from his wounds, planning begins for a bold raid on the.

A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. Men of war lost regiment, book 8 by william r forstchen book cover, description, publication history. But even though they are far from home, the members of the union 35th main regiment. I read the first couple of books in the series, they were reasonably entertaining.

The 101st airborne division screaming eagles is a specialized modular light infantry division of the us army trained for air assault operations. This article is designed to tell the true story of what happened to the 15th battalion norfolk regiment on 12th august 1915 at kuchuck anafarta ova, gallipoli, during world war one. At noted wing commander author william forstchens website, there was recently a news post announcing that his series of lost regiment books will be turned into a movie. As we commemorate the 100year anniversary of world war i, lets take a look at the heroic actions of a particular group of american forces during the great war.

His army of northern virginia launched multiple attacks on the flanks of the union army of the potomac, commanded by maj. Twenty years later, this book continues the saga of the lost regiment. A novel of the lost regiment lost regiment unnumbered book online at best prices in india on. The regiment is based on joshua chamberlains 20th maine infantry. Forstchen includes books rally cry, the union forever, terrible swift sword, and several more. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as henry cornwalls regiment of foot.

It continues the story of the lost regiment that got lost on a new world during their civil war. Down to the sea lost regiment, book 9 by forstchen, william r. May 10, 20 t remember forstchen saying that hell write some lost regiment books around the time he was writing the alternate acw trilogy but that was years ago. The first in a series on a unit of civil war soldiers transported to another planet where previous generations of humans from around the world and throughout history are fighting against an alien race who uses them for food. Download the the lost regiment audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your iphone, android or windows device. The webbased app prototype is based on 10,000 most popular books. Dec 02, 2001 all in all, except for certain battle scenes, this movie was a pure waste of film. View larger image down to the sea lost regiment, book 9 forstchen, william r. The little problem here is that these creatures have pretty much conquered the continent and travel across it expecting humans as tribute from every human city they come to. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Before the invention of planes they were using balloons and airships. The fleets of imperial japan raid the coasts of a united states that stretches from panama to the arctic. For my final semester project, i built a small, easy to use, hassle free book recommendation system which gives you a list of books most similar to the book you enter. Forstchen is clearly adept at holding your interest and making the endings believable and satisfying.