The third war in sixty years, this one yet unnamed: a grinding, horrifying series of hostilities and atrocities between two nations sharing the same continent and both calling themselves Americans. At the dawn of 1944, the United States has beaten back a daredevil blitzkrieg from the Confederate States-and a terrible new genie is out of history's bottle: a bomb that may destroy on a scale never imagined before. In Europe, the new weapon has shattered a stalemate between Germany, England, and Russia. When the trigger is pulled in America, nothing will be the same again.
With visionary brilliance, Harry Turtledove brings to a climactic conclusion his monumental, acclaimed drama of a nation's tragedy and the men and women who play their roles-with valor, fear, and folly-on history's greatest stage.
"Turtledove [is] the standard-bearer for alternate history."
-USA Today
Settling Accounts: The Grapple
"[A] magisterial saga of an alternate America . . . a profoundly thoughtful masterpiece of alternate history."
-Booklist
Settling Accounts: Drive to the East
"First-time readers can jump in and enjoy Turtledove's richly rearranged cultural and political landscape."
-The Kansas City Star
Settling Accounts: Return Engagement
"Strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background."
-Kirkus Reviews