title: American Empire: Blood & Iron
author:  Harry Turtledove 
description: "Turtledove [is] the standard-bearer for alternate history."<br />--<i>USA Today</i><br /><br />"A moving meditation on revenge...sure to both please and terrify." -- <i>SciFi Weekly<br /></i><br />"Harry Turtledove is ...amazing in the the realness of the structure and detail of his created alternate history. he is obviously a master of the form." -- <i>Science Fiction Chronicle</i><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
zlib_text: ## **BLOOD VENGEANCE**
  
  ###  **A Novel of War World**
  
  ##  **created by**  
   **Jerry Pournelle**
  
  ###  **S.M. Stirling**  
   **Judith Tarr**  
   **Susan Shwartz**  
   **Harry Turtledove**
  
  > This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this
  > book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is
  > purely coincidental.  
  >  
  > Copyright ©January 1994, by Jerry Pournelle  
  >  
  > All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions
  > thereof in any form.  
  >  
  > A Baen Books Original  
  >  
  > Baen Publishing Enterprises  
  > P.O. Box 1403  
  > Riverdale, NY 10471  
  >  
  > ISBN: 0-671-72201-8  
  >  
  > Cover art by Gary Ruddell  
  >  
  > First Printing, January 1994  
  >  
  > Printed in the United States of America  
  >  
  > Distributed by Simon & Schuster  
  > 1230 Avenue of the Americas  
  > New York, NY 10020  
  >  
  > Printed in the United States of America
  
  ### **DEDICATION**
  
  To Iskander and Jim Grim and Shahrazed, Kim and T.E. Lawrence a