“It is absolutely unique–without question the most fascinating Civil War novel I have ever read.”
Professor James M. McPherson
Pultizer Prize-winning BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM
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….
Selected by the Science Fiction Book Club
A Main Selection of the Military Book Club
Author: Harry Turtledove
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: 09/01/1993
Pages: 576
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 6.88h x 4.22w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780345384683
Language: English
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