Turtledove, Harry

In 1597, the island of Britain has been under the rule of King Philip in the name of Spain for nearly a decade and William Shakespeare has no interest in politics, until he is asked to pen his greatest work yet, a play that may incite the people of Britain to rise against their persecutors and change the course of history.

As England tightens its control over the Atlantean colonies, Victor Radcliff and his band of revolutionaries resolve to make the English pay for each and every piece of land they dare to occupy and will stop at nothing to preserve the liberty of their people as a new nation is born -a nation that will change the face of the world..

World War II has evolved into decades of epic rebellions against the aliens known as the Race. Now, as the 1960s begin, one of Earth's great powers launches a nuclear strike against the Race's colonization fleet.

When King Avram, the new ruler of Detina, announces his intent to free the serfs upon which the northern provinces of his country depend, Detina erupts in a fierce civil war between the North and South.

During World War I, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict, a situation that becomes further complicated by a Marxist slave revolt in the South.

The war for the continent of Derlavi reaches its climax as the mages of Kuusamo and Lagoas race against time to come up with a new magic to stop the Algarve invaders.

As Canadian nationalists attempt to defy the colonial power of the United States, a fanatic preaches a message of hate in the South and a Canadian farmer tries to kill the greatest U.S. war hero, General George Armstrong Custer.