{"product_id":"blood-and-iron-9780345405661","title":"Blood and Iron","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlood and Iron \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterpiece.\"--\u003ci\u003eSci Fi Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorld War I--The Great War--has ended, and an uneasy peace reigns around the world. Nowhere is it more fragile than on the continent of North America, where bitter enemies share a single landmass and two long, bloody borders. In the North, proud Canadian nationalists try to resist the colonial power of the United States. In the South, the once-mighty Confederate States have been pounded into poverty and merciless inflation. The time is right for madmen, demagogues, and terrorists. With Socialists rising to power in the U.S., and a dangerous fanatic in the Confederacy preaching a doctrine of hate, more than enough people are eager to return the world to war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A master storyteller as well as a trained historian with an imagination . . .  Turtledove] has succeeded in taking title as the premier writer in  alternate history], relentlessly asking what if one or two key events in our reality happened differently. The result is fascinating.\"--\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Turtledove is a master at weaving details of ordinary life into a much bigger canvas to produce a world that so easily could have been our own.  It] is what keeps readers coming back for more.\"--\u003ci\u003eTulsa World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Del Rey Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345405661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.89h x 4.21w x 1.45d","brand":"Harry Turtledove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049415934133,"sku":"9780345405661","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5c5bd3e5-27c3-42cd-af74-1463a33b18ca.jpg?v=1689689376","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blood-and-iron-9780345405661","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}