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Title: An interesting AH premise wasted.
Review: Turtledove and Dreyfus have combined to take a potentially fascinating alternate history situation, the American Revolution that never happened, and bury it under a slow moving and unsuspenseful story and pedestrian writing. The characters have little depth or believability, and not surprisingly, the dialogue is cornball. The biggest disappointment is that more details aren't presented on the alternate history, the why's, how's, and effects. The inclusion of the "Tricky Dick" character was a cheap shot that's hard to believe anyone would consider humorous or clever. Advice: pass on this one, and pick up a copy of Turteldove's The Guns of the South instead
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