American Empire

The Center Cannot Hold (American Empire)

mass market paperback, 640 pages

English language

Published July 1, 2003 by Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-345-44422-6
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Harry Turtledove's acclaimed alternate history series began with a single question: What if the South had won the Civil War? Now, seventy years have passed since the first War Between the States. The North American continent is locked in a battle of politics, economies, and moralities. In a world that has already felt the soul-shattering blow of the Great War, North America is the powder keg that could ignite another global conflict--complete with a new generation of killing machines."Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!" In 1934, the chant echoes across the Confederate States of America, a country born of bloodshed and passion, stretching from Mexico to Virginia. But while people use the word to greet each other in the streets, the meaning of "Freedom" has become increasingly unclear.Jake Featherston, leader of the ruling Freedom Party, has won power--and is taking his country and the world to the edge of an abyss. Charismatic, shrewd, …

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Alternative History
  • Fantasy - Historical
  • Fiction / Fantasy / Historical