Northland books in order

Northland is an alternate history trilogy by Stephen Baxter set in a world where Stone Age Britons built a great wall to hold back the rising North Sea after the last ice age, preserving a landmass called Northland that in our history became the North Sea floor. The books follow Northland across thousands of years, from its founding through the Bronze Age and into a medieval winter.
Series · Alternate History · Historical Fiction · Science Fiction

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Stone Spring 2010 Stephen Baxter Buy
2 Bronze Summer 2011 Stephen Baxter Buy
3 The Northland Way 2011 Stephen Baxter N/A
4 Iron Winter 2012 Stephen Baxter Buy

The premise is rooted in real geology. Doggerland, the land that once connected Britain to continental Europe, really did exist and was gradually flooded as sea levels rose after the last ice age. Baxter takes that historical fact and asks what would have happened if people had built a barrier to stop it.

Stone Spring follows the initial construction of the wall and the communities that form around it. Bronze Summer and Iron Winter trace how Northland’s existence changes the development of European civilization across millennia. The result is slower-paced than his space fiction but equally committed to working through the consequences of its central idea.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Northland series?

There are four books in the Northland series, published between 2010 and 2012.

What is the first book in the Northland series?

The first book in the Northland series is Stone Spring, published in 2010.

Is Northland connected to any of Baxter's other alternate history series?

No, Northland is a self-contained trilogy with its own setting and characters, separate from his other alternate history work like the NASA Trilogy or Time’s Tapestry.

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