Twenty Years After Dumas comes out on the side of the monarchy in general, or at least the text often praises the "idea" of benevolent royalty. His musketeers are valiant and just in their efforts to protect young Louis XIV and the doomed Charles I from their attackers. The action begins during the regency of Queen Anne of Austria (term 1643–1651), with Cardinal Mazarin as First Minister. D'Artagnan, who seemed to have a promising career ahead of him at the end of "The Three Musketeers", has for twenty years remained a lieutenant, and seems unlikely to progress despite his ambition and the debt
Space Viking in the early years of the Empire. Additionally, Carr announced he has written the original sequel abandoned by Pournelle and it is currently being edited. This novel is set twenty years after the original and continues the story of Trask. In addition, science fiction author Terry Mancour published the first sequel to "Space Viking" in March, 2011, on Kindle and other electronic formats. Titled " Prince of Tanith", the novel takes place just two years after the end of "Space Viking" and introduces Princess Valerie Trask, Lucas Trask's new wife from civilized Marduk. The use of a split narrative between