Marching Through Peachtree
FREE THE BLONDES!
(America's Civil War Turned Upside Down)
A terrible civil war was tearing apart the kingdom of Detina, a land
which could no longer be half serf and half free. When the new ruler,
King Avram, announced his intent to liberate the blond serfs upon which
the northern provinces depended, Detina was torn in two, and the
rebellious north took Avram's cousin, Grand Duke Geoffrey, as their
king.
Neither side could expect an easy victory. The south was larger and
wealthier, but the north had better soldiers and more powerful wizards.
Led by officers riding unicorns, supplied by flying carpets, both sides
had been clashing for three years when Count Thraxton, a conceited
wizardgeneral whose opinions of his spell-casting ability far
outstripped the reality, bungled a spell which backfired disastrously
against his own side, giving the Unionists a decisive victory.
But the war was far from over: Thraxton the idiot had been relieved of
command; which meant that the south faced a far more competent general:
Joseph the Gamecock. And Joseph and his troops were determined to hold
Peachtree Province against the loyalist troops. They had occupied
Rockface Rise, which offered only two narrow places where the Unionists
could come at them, and had further fortified it with trenches and
catapults. When the southern army attacked, they would face formidable
obstacles both natural and manmade, as well as the repeating crossbows
of the troops and the deadly sorcerous storm and lightning wielded by
the northern wizards.
Still, the very survival of Detina as one united realm was at stake, and King Avram's forces had no choice but to attack, no matter what the
odds, no matter how desperate the situation....
Harry Turtledove
Harry Norman Turtledove (born 1949) is an American historian and novelist. He writes historical fiction, alternate history, science fiction and fantasy novels.
Harry Turtledove has written books under three pseudonyms: Eric Iverson, Dan Chernenko and H. N. Turteltaub.
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War Between the Provinces
War Between the Provinces consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.