Harry Turtledove

I've been reading some Harry Turtledove lately. I have to admit, I love his beginnings - straight up, no nonsense or faffing around.

I'm two pages into In the Balance. It starts like this: Aliens are getting ready to invade Earth. They will crush us with their superior technology. But all is not as well as the aliens think. We learn their Empire includes 3 worlds. Their weaponry is not all that dissimilar from ours. And as the aliens view images of medeval warriors we learn that these are pictures from a "recent" (to the aliens) probe: only 1600 years ago. The aliens aren't expecting industry or serious resistance of any sort.

Thus the stage is set...