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Harry Turtledove’s remarkable alternative history novels brilliantly remind us of how fragile the thread of time may be, and offer us an environment of “what if.” Drawing on an impressive cast of characters that includes soldiers, generals, lovers, spies, and demagogues, Turtledove returns to an epic tale that only he could tell–the account of the United States continent, separated into two bitterly opposed nations, that stands on the brink of exploding when again.In 1914 they called it The Truly Amazing War, and few could imagine anything worse. For pretty much three decades a peace forged in blood and fatigue has held sway in The United States. Now, Japan dominates the Pacific, the Russian Tsar rules Alaska, and England, under Winston Churchill, chafes for a go back to its former beauty. But behind the act of world order, America is just a bomb waiting togo down.