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In a world where the Roman Empire never fell, a legion under the command of Praetor Gaius Marcellinus invades North America in the 12th Century. But Marcellinus and his troops have woefully underestimated the fighting prowess of the Native American inhabitants of Nova Hesperia, who have developed their own flying technology known as Thunderbirds. When Gaius is caught behind enemy lines and spared, he must reevaluate his allegiences and find a new place in this strange land. Alan Smale grew up in Yorkshire, England, but now lives in the Washington D.C. area. By day he works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as a professional astronomer, studying black holes, neutron stars and other bizarre celestial objects. He has sold numerous short stories to magazines including Asimov's and Realms of Fantasy, and won the 2010 Sidewise Award for Alternate History.
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“Alan Smale has done remarkable work with the world-building in Clash of Eagles, dropping the sole Roman survivor of a massacre into the complex civilization of the Cahokian Native Americans in the thirteenth century. Yet what follows is more than a standard clash of cultures yarn, for there are other forces in play in this alternate North America, and Marcellinus knows his imperial masters will send more legions to replace his lost men. Can the determination and ingenuity of one man change the fate of a continent? I’m eager to find out.”
— Harry Turtledove, New York Times bestselling author of How Few Remain
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“Clash of Eagles is epic in its sweep, exciting in its narrative, and eyeball-kick sharp in its details.”
— Nancy Kress, Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of Beggars in Spain -
“Just when it seems there is nothing new in [alternate] history comes this debut.”
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“An intriguingly original alternate history.”
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“My favorite kind of alternate history: epic, bloody, and hugely imaginative.”
— John Birmingham, author of Without Warning
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About Alan Smale
Alan Smale grew up in Yorkshire, England, and now lives in the Washington, DC, area. By day he works at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as a professional astronomer, studying black holes, neutron stars, and other bizarre celestial objects. However, too many family vacations at Hadrian’s Wall in his formative years plus a couple of degrees from Oxford took their toll, steering his writing toward alternate, secret, and generally twisted history. He has sold numerous short stories to magazines including Asimov’s and Realms of Fantasy, and he won the 2010 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History.
About Kevin Orton
Kevin Orton is a musician, composer, and actor. He performed in the 1999 Broadway revival of Amadeus and has appeared in numerous other New York and regional theater productions, as well as on television and in film. As a musician, he is most noted for composing and performing original music in the Tony Award–winning production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.