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====Eastern European thread====
The Eastern European thread is taken to be east of the East_Central_European_thread, the later of which may be understood as the base line through eastern parts of modern day Germany, Austria, western [[Hungary]]. The first fiction written within these theatres was the novelette {{ROF-1|s="The Wallenstein Gambit"}} and the prequel short stories leading up to it, all published in {{ROF-1}} but subsequent long fiction planned in the setting had to await authors scheduling issues, so the plot begun by Flint and finished in outline took a back seat to southern, western and central European events which both had ready collaborating authors and themes of their own to explore in the neohistory. So in June of 2006, the writing team of {{16writ|Paula|Goodlett}} and {{16writ|Gorg |Huff }} cracked the Eastern European barrier in {{GG08|IN="Butterflies in the Kremlin, Part 1: A Russian Noble"}} when they began the series action in [[Tsar|Tsarist]] [[Russia]] in the sometimes comic, sometimes serious serialized novel [[Butterflies in the Kremlin]], which is part adventure, part romance and part spy story. In action to date, an uptime American has moved to Moscow, scandalized the elite of the society, ticked off the beaurocracy and much of the nobility, and helped fight a battle and win it with Poland. Meanwhile the Prince-spy in Grantville has fallen for an American girl (both a commoner and a non-virgin) and as of {{GG18}} are getting married, which is a big deal back in the society of old [[Moscovy]], where the church and the nobility hasn't quite come to grips with a changing world and after a century, half of them still haven't noticed that the grand-duchy has become the [[Tsardom of Russia]].
The only fiction written within this theatre thus far is the novelette {{ROF-1|s="The Wallenstein Gambit"}} and the prequel short stories leading up to it, all published in {{ROF-1}}, but the forthcoming sequels {{35SoB}} was long delayed while resolving the demanding schedules of Flint and [[David Weber]]— which delayed the whole series for several years as the {{34TBW}} sequel would have been adversely affected. {{35TEF}} is also believed to be set in the Eastern thread, and [[The Anaconda Project]] continues from where the Wallenstein Gambit left off. ▼
=====East Central European thread=====
The original "working title" of ''Soldier of Bohemia'' was ''1635: King of Bohemia'', and that title and clues revealed in {{34TBC}}, which in the most part geographically can be laid in this regional setting. The solo Flint novel, [[The Anaconda Project]] (Serialized to date solely in [[the Grantville Gazettes]]) is also in the setting, and is believed to be the prequel to Soldier of Bohemia which it is speculated, will center it's action on the reactions of the new king of Austria-Hungry, Ferdinand III of Austria, and his attack on Wallenstein even as he makes peace with Gustavus and the {{USE}}, or not.▼
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▲The original "working title" of ''Soldier of Bohemia'' was ''1635: King of Bohemia'', and that title and clues revealed in {{34TBC}}, which in the most part geographically can be laid in this regional setting. The solo Flint novel, [[The Anaconda Project]] (Serialized to date solely in [[the Grantville Gazettes]]) is also in the setting, and is believed to be the prequel to Soldier of Bohemia which it is speculated, will center it's action on the reactions of the new king of Austria-Hungry, Ferdinand III of Austria, and his attack on Wallenstein even as he makes peace with Gustavus and the {{USE}}, or not. That coming conflict has been foreshadowed in three separate works: The Bavarian Crisis, Flint's tale in {{ROF-2}}, and in the Anaconda Project itself, where Wallenstein is strong arming the popular accidental-hero (part of ''The Wallenstein Gambit'') {{16char|Morris|Roth}} into becoming a general and heading up his army and plans in the east for he and Pappenheim expect to be busy in the south with {{16CHAR|Ferdinand III|Austria|p=Ferdinand III of Austria}}'s armies.
====Southern European thread====
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