The Guns of the South

Harry Turtledove
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January 1864 –General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower.Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates.The name of the weapon is the AK-47...
Genres: Alternate HistoryScience FictionFictionHistorical FictionTime TravelCivil WarFantasyHistoricalWarScience Fiction Fantasy
528 Pages

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