When King Avram, the new ruler of Detina, announces his intent to free the serfs upon which the northern provinces of his country depend, Detina erupts in a fierce civil war between the North and South as both sides utilize all the forces, weaponry, and magic at their disposal. By the Hugo Award-winning author of Sentry Peak.
Dr Harry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced a sizeable number of works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.
Harry Turtledove attended UCLA, where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977.
Turtledove has been dubbed "The Master of Alternate History". Within this genre he is known both for creating original scenarios: such as survival of the Byzantine Empire; an alien invasion in the middle of the World War II; and for giving a fresh and original treatment to themes previously dealt with by other authors, such as the victory of the South in the American Civil War; and of Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
His novels have been credited with bringing alternate history into the mainstream. His style of alternate history has a strong military theme.
3.5 Definitely not great literature, but I enjoyed reading it. Sometimes I like slow with next to no surprises. Still a war story, though, but one focusing on characters. Also yay for canon non-conforming folks in a book written over 20 years ago.
So bad I could not finish the book, and that's saying a lot as I've read hundreds of sci fi and fantasy books and have rather enjoyed the historical fiction genre (World War in the Balance or Belisarius were ten times better).