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Based upon Constantinople, the Roman Empire has endured for millennia, and now in the modern age of airships and steam trains stretches across Central Asia as far as the exarchates of Persia and Afghanistan, bringing it into conflict with the globe-spanning British Empire.
Set in 1895, this alternate history book is written from the perspective of the officers and administrators of the Greek-speaking Roman Empire. We follow such characters as the...
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Infinity Wanderers issue 8 is the Christmas and New Year Special for 2023/2024 and includes the regular columns as well as new stories, poetry, and other submissions.The One Place Study of 2 Juniper continues with a look at The Later Interior, seeing how changes in decor, and the effect of the additional extensions, changed the feel of the inside of the house during the 1980s and early 1990s.L.G. Parker contributes Small Causes 7 with "History-Changing...
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With the Second World War having ended in a draw, a Nazi-American Cold War has set in, but now both sides believe they have the ultimate secret weapon, only it requires one of them to strike first! From the frozen fjords of Norway to the very banks of the Potomac, from the docks of New York City to Hitler's mountain fastness, the action sees Nazi Germany take the ultimate gamble.
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Ten Naval Battles tells the story of an alternate history from the mid 18th century to the mid 19th century through the eyes of a historian of that world writing about the ten most decisive naval battles of this period. Read about the Egyptians defeating the French, events in the North American colonies, and the formation of a federal Germany. Also includes the start of Ten Great Leaders with the Duc d'Andorra.Presented as in a textbook from an alternate...
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Infinity Wanderers 5 leads with an author interview with Ralph Greco Jr., leading into a feature on the childrens book 'Too Many Bunnies' authored by Joe Swarctz and himself. Regular columns include L.G. Parker's Small Causes, comparing Operation Sea Lion with Operation Overlord, and his Urban Warfare, focused on Hue in the Vietnam War, and Jon N Davies continues his history of the Goughs of Ynyscedwyn with his article on Richard Gough Aubrey (2)....
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With the world divided into several competing empires, Albion finds itself at war with more than it bargained for in West Africa. It slowly emerges that this is just a part of a larger pattern, and various agencies and chivalric orders begin the quest to get to the bottom of things. The story begins in Timbuktu, capital of Albion's vice-royalty of West Africa, and centre of the ongoing war against the native Fulani. Only now it appears that they have...
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How many ways are there to tell a story? Wreaths of Empire is set in a more violent world than ours, diverging some time in the early 19th century. Revolutions and unstable monarchies are more frequent, if generally less effective in changing the underlying establishment of a state.
Prussia still exists as the world moves in the 20th century, the CSA has secured its independence, and the Mughals continue to rule in Delhi, whilst the British consider...
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The Shifting Sands is a globe-covering alternate history novel set in the aftermath of a world war. How will Lord Wolfe navigate the varied twists and turns of fate? Once the darling of the old British emperor in his role as Governor of the vast South African dominions, he finds himself shunned by the new monarch in London, relying on his Spanish connections for attendance at the peace conference. Together with his daughter Carlotta, Wolfe must adapt...
10) The Steel Heart
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The second novel in The Shifting Sands series picks up the story as Lord Wolfe and Carlotta leave Tsingtao, having concluded a treaty with the Japanese, and head for Seoul in the Kingdom of Korea.Travelling across the Pacific, they enter the vast British North American colonies and traverse the expanse by train, to the East coast where interesting news awaits. An Atlantic liner awaits, and they make a welcome return to Harcourt Hall after so many...
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Infinity Wanderers 2 is the second edition of our new magazine, focused equally on real history and genealogy, and on the genres of alternate history, science fiction, and historical fiction. Issue 2 includes an interview with author Vivienne Tuffnell, and the establishment of two main columns for the publication. These are 'Small Causes' by L.G. Parker, looking at events the did, or could have, changed history dramatically, despite being apparently...
12) The Library
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Luke is an ordinary university student from a poor background, shown up in one of his papers by a fellow student from a posh background. He blames the university library since the journals he wanted for his research were in storage and he could not access them to bolster his argument.
One day he witnesses someone come out of a room on the main stairway of the largest university building, seeing behind him a library. Eventually he manages to sneak...
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