The Victorious Opposition (American Empire, Book Three)“[A] colossal and brilliant saga . . . [This novel] may be the strongest and most compelling since the opener, How Few Remain.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Seventy years have passed since the first War Between the States. Jake Featherston, leader of the ruling Freedom Party, has won power in the South—and is taking his country and the world to the edge of an abyss. Charismatic and shrewd, he is whipping the Confederate States into a frenzy of hatred. Blacks are being rounded up and sent to prison camps, and the persecution has just begun. As the North stumbles through a succession of leaders, Featherston is feeling his might. With the U.S.A. locked in a bitter, bloody occupation of Canada, facing an intractable rebellion in Utah, and fatigued from a war in the Pacific against Japan, Featherston may pursue one dangerous proposition above all: that he can defeat the U.S.A. in an all-out war. Praise for The Victorious Opposition “Turtledove’s Great War/American Empire series is an epic achievement, a meticulously worked-out alternate history of the twentieth century’s great two-act tragedy. . . . Bravo! A fine performance by a master-craftsman.”—S. M. Stirling, author of Island in the Sea of Time “Anyone who loves history will love what Harry Turtledove can do with it.”—Larry Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Red Phoenix |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 32 |
Section 3 | 63 |
Section 4 | 94 |
Section 5 | 125 |
Section 6 | 156 |
Section 7 | 187 |
Section 8 | 218 |
Section 18 | 528 |
Section 19 | 559 |
Section 20 | 589 |
Section 21 | 619 |
Section 22 | 621 |
Section 23 | 622 |
Section 24 | 623 |
Section 25 | 624 |
Section 9 | 249 |
Section 10 | 280 |
Section 11 | 311 |
Section 12 | 342 |
Section 13 | 373 |
Section 14 | 404 |
Section 15 | 435 |
Section 16 | 467 |
Section 17 | 498 |
Section 26 | 625 |
Section 27 | 626 |
Section 28 | 627 |
Section 29 | 628 |
Section 30 | 629 |
Section 31 | 630 |
Section 32 | 631 |
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