Profiles in "Courage" II

[It behooves me to remind everyone that earlier this year Macmillan released my book of alternate-history scenarios, Impossible Histories , and those who read it say they like it, even behind my back; even people who don’t like me, such as Library Journal; and you may like it too.]

Peredeus

Sometimes there’s no escape for you and you’re just screwed, like a film noir protagonist. History is filled with examples of people in just such a predicament, and ahistory is even more filled with examples, i...