Civil War Science Fiction

The battle for the soul of the universe rages on. Left reeling in the aftermath of planet Kharsis, loyalist forces struggle to keep their enemy at bay. Battles flare across a hundred worlds. Each one a step closer to total Armageddon. On the forgotten planet of Rastarok, the Penitent Man awakens with no memory. All he knows is he must journey to a hidden monastery deep in the mountains to discover his purpose. Little does he know he is about to embark upon a quest that will change the world and be the catalyst responsible for ushering the universe closer to the final battle. Along the ...

A soldier from a broken future. A war that shaped history. A mission that could destroy time itself. In 2120, the world is trapped under the iron grip of the Douglas Regime, a totalitarian government that rose from the ashes of a war-ravaged past. Jack Murphy, a battle-hardened resistance fighter, is given an impossible mission—travel back to 1863 and alter history before the seeds of the regime are ever planted. His target: General Robert Sinclair, a brilliant Confederate tactician whose wartime victories will set in motion a chain of events leading to a dystopian nightmare. But ...

In all of Roman history there was never a more turbulent year than A.D. 69, the ill-omened "Year of the Three Emperors". By some miracle, the greatest historian of the age, Tacitus, was able to chronicle those momentous events in a work he called The History. In its pages are some of the most memorable events of Roman history described in some of the most intensely passionate prose ever devised.

Die Terranisch-Stellare Föderation ist das größte Reich, das die Menschheit jemals aufgebaut hat. Unter ihrer Führung, eroberten die Bewohner der Erde vor fast dreihundert Jahren die Sterne. Doch die Nation steht an einem Scheideweg. Im Solsystem intrigieren extremistische Politiker und schmieden Pläne, um die Macht der Föderation auszuweiten. Major Allister Thorpe kehrt nach Ablauf seiner Militärzeit auf seine Heimatwelt Clementis zurück, nur um festzustellen, dass sich die Straßen, in denen er aufgewachsen ist, grundlegend verändert haben.

An Afro-Russian KGB agent returns to his forefathers' homeland — Chicago — to track down a Russian dissident prepared to unleash the ultimate doomsday device. Dissatisfied by the results of the Post World War I Civil Rights movement, angry African-Americans immigrated to the Soviet Union in the 1930's, for the promise of equality under Communism. Colonel Damian Turner, a native Afro-Russian KGB agent, returns to Chicago, the former home of his grandfather, as part of a worldwide manhunt for one of his nation's highest ranking officers, Marshall Victor Craig. Craig, infuriated at the ...

In a transformed mid-19th-century America dominated by plantation owners and kept in line by Southern military forces, a mild-mannered academic from Maine, Professor Joshua Chamberlain, stands accused of crimes against the nation. In court alongside him is Abraham Lincoln, whose fiery rhetoric brands him a "threat to the security of the United States of America". Convicted, Chamberlain is sentenced to 40 years hard labor, while Lincoln's fate is indefinite detention at Fortress Monroe.

Fleeing the pain of losing her twin to human mortality, Maeve Tremayne uses her powers to travel to the past, where she wanders the blood-soaked battlefields and hospitals of the American Civil War, relieving dying young men from their pain with the kiss of death. There, she meets a mortal doctor named Calder Holbrook, who immediately falls under her spell - and she reluctantly falls under his.

The Modern Day. The Confederate States of America stretches from Richmond to Los Angeles, locked in perennial struggle with its Cold War rival, the United States. Slavery is legal. Those who endure it fight in fierce pursuit of liberty. As these dueling nations face off, two enslaved Americans—Atticus and Clara Brooke—emerge as courageous leaders at Rosewood Manor, a sweeping plantation in the foothills of Virginia.

Ever since the guns fell silent in July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg has emerged as the defining conflict in our nation's history. American memory has established Gettysburg as the most important, most heroic, most savage battle this nation has ever fought. It has become our Waterloo, our battle of Marathon, our siege of Troy. In this riveting historical reappraisal, esteemed Civil War historian, Thomas A. Desjardin, sets out to examine the truth behind the myth by probing how this battle became legend in American hearts and minds.

THE FORGOTTEN GODS TALES DRAW TO A CLOSE Heroes and villains gather for the final battle. The last battle to decide the fate of humanity and the universe. Tolde Breed has fought a long war. Having already died once, he knows what must be done to stop the evil of Amongeratix from destroying all he holds dear. Together, with a dedicated group of men and women, he takes the last steps into total war on the dead planet of the gods, Occanum. As war rages across the stars, it is here the fate of all will be settled. Can Tolde and the others do the impossible and defeat the worst threat the ...

New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen conclude their inventive trilogy with Never Call Retreat, a remarkable answer to the great "what if" of the American Civil War: Could the South have indeed won?

May Wilson should have found it suspicious when she was offered a full scholarship to Goodwell College. After all, she barely passed high school. But what shocked her more was that her best friend Abby turned down an IVY League school to attend Goodwell College. During orientation weekend, May and Abby discover that others like themselves have been drawn to this small Christian college. When they figure out why, a war begins.

The clouds of war once more threaten the new nation the mysterious entities of light have nourished. The entities must find outstanding specimens among the human race to guide their fellow sentients back to peace. An unlikely duo -- a gangly lawyer from Illinois and a diminutive woman author -- arise as voices of reason and leadership. As the war rages, two farmer brothers from Illinois try to navigate between their duty to country and duty to their responsibilities back home. This story is the final episode of the Ebook series based from the novel, A Most Promising Planet.

“Clarke and Preuss merge almost seamlessly, in one of the best shared-world projects . . . and one of the best ever combinations of mystery and science fiction.” —Chicago Sun-Times The concluding volume in a series of science-fiction thrillers evolving from the works of Arthur C.Clarke, grandmaster of science fiction and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Her code name is Sparta. Her beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities of superhuman dimension—the product of advanced biotechnology. World-renowned professor J.Q.R. Forster’s expedition to Jupiter’s moon has not proven ...

Die Galaxis steht in Flammen! Seit Jahrzehnten beuten die Konzerne der Kernwelten-Union die Randwelten aus. Eine Revolte auf einer Bergbaukolonie ist der Funke, der das Pulverfass entzündet. Wie ein Lauffeuer verbreitet sich die Nachricht von der Rebellion, und bald tobt der Bürgerkrieg auf vielen Welten. Mittendrin: John Donovan, Frontiersman - einer jener furchtlosen Frachterkapitäne, die ihren nicht immer ganz legalen Geschäften dort nachgehen, wo der Weltraum noch frei und wild ist.

Elizabeth's father had told her that her dreams meant nothing. They were just the tormented imaginings of a young woman serving as a nurse in a traumatic battlefield. But she knew better. And when Robert arrived to rescue her, a rebel in a sea of Union uniforms, her dreams became reality. Civil War Destiny is book 11 of a gently cliff-hangered short story series. The sequence leads up to a happily-ever-after ending. From Renaissance Venice to troubled Scotland, from the Civil War to the Wild West, Elizabeth and Robert find and re-find each other.

The coronavirus has spread through the world on an epidemic level. A vaccine, initially meant to cure infected patients, turns them into deadly zombies. In this post-apocalyptic world, Bradley is now in charge of Division 3 within the West Coast Region Military. He and his soldiers encounter other militia survival groups amidst the war against the coronavirus zombies.

In a speculative dystopian thriller based on the premise that the South won the Civil War, President Spencer Jefferson Lee is shocked to discover that underneath the facade of civil order in his world of very separate races, there is dissent. A protest group made up of "losers" among this "ideal" society— same-sex and cross-racial lovers and their children— threatens the seeming peace and order.

The Admiral is a fun and exciting science fiction short story. It is the first short story in a series. If you are a fan of short stories or science fiction you will love reading this.

Set against the burgeoning Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, and then just before the outbreak of the Civil War, The Freedom Maze explores both political and personal liberation, and how the two intertwine. In 1960, 13-year-old Sophie isn't happy about spending the summer at her grandmother's old house in the Bayou. But the house has a maze Sophie can't resist exploring once she finds it has a secretive and mischievious inhabitant.