Blood and Iron (American Empire, Book One)

"Blood and Iron is a masterpiece."-Sci Fi Weekly World 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. "A master storyteller as well as a trained historian with an imagination .