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Marching Through Peachtree FREE THE BLONDES! (Americas Civil War Turned Upside Down) A terrible civil war was tearing apart the kingdom of Detina, a land which could no longer be half serf and half free. When the new ruler, King Avram, announced his intent to liberate the blond serfs upon which the Neither side could expect an easy victory. The south was larger and wealthier, but the north had better soldiers and more powerful wizards. Led by officers riding unicorns, supplied by flying carpets, both sides had been clashing for three years when Count Thraxton, a conceited wizardgeneral whose opinions of his spell-casting ability far outstripped the reality, bungled a spell which backfired disastrously against his own side, giving the Unionists a decisive victory. But the war was far from over: Thraxton the idiot had been relieved of command; which meant that the south faced a far more competent general: Joseph the Gamecock. And Joseph and his troops were determined to hold Peachtree Still, the very survival of Detina as one united realm was at stake, and King Avrams forces had no choice but to attack, no matter what the odds, no matter how desperate the situation .... Cover art by David Mattingly Hardcover 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. First printing, November 2001 Distributed by Simon Schuster1230 Avenue of the AmericasNew York Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 0-671-31843-8 Copyright ? 2001 by Harry Turtledove All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. A Baen Books OriginalBaen Publishing EnterprisesP.O. Box 1403Riverdale, NY 10471 Production by Windhaven PressAuburn Electronic version by WebWrights HYPERLINK \t _blank  BAEN BOOKS by HARRY TURTLEDOVE The War Between the Provinces series:Sentry Peak ? The Fox novels:Wisdom of the FoxTale of the Fo