the book a "A workmanlike yarn whose connection to reality, insecure at the outset, grows more tenuous with every turning page". Publishers Weekly were more praising in their review, calling it "state-of-the-art alternate history, nothing less" and giving the book a star review. References 1998 American novels Southern Victory Series American alternate history novels Novels set during World War I World War I alternate histories Del Rey books Cultural depictions of Robert E. Lee Cultural depictions of Ulysses S. Grant Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln Cultural depictions of Pancho Villa Cultural depictions of Theodore Roosevelt Cultural depictions of Woodrow Wilson Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer Fiction set in 1914 Fiction set in 1915