Turtledove, Harry. Great War Multi-Series
Divergence: 1862 CE
What if: Robert E. Lee's Special Orders 191 were not discovered by Union soldiers, and the Confederacy consequently won the Battle of Antietam, and the Civil War.
Series note: An eleven-volume series, composed of a ten-volume serial novel and a stand-alone prequel. Although the ten volumes of the serial novel essentially flow one after the other, they has been marketed by the publisher as being two trilogies and a tetralogy. The initial stand-alone volume is How Few Remain. Set thirty years later is The Great War trilogy: American Front, Walk in Hell, and Breakthroughs. Immediately following is the American Empire trilogy: Blood & Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, and The Victorious Opposition. And following right after that are the volumes of the Settling Accounts tetralogy: Return Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, and In at the Death.
Comments: The volumes do not refer to an overall name for this prolonged series. In addition to external references that it is called the Great War series, it may also be known as Southern Victory or Timeline 191 among fans.

Turtledove, Harry. How Few Remain
Divergence: 1862 CE
Summary: Twenty years after Antietam, the Confederate purchase of Chihuahua and Sonora provokes a Second War Between the States. Meanwhile, Abraham Lincoln tours the country speaking on labor, Samuel Clemens publishes a newspaper in San Francisco, and Teddy Roosevelt is a Montana rancher.
Series note: First volume of the Great War Multi-Series, acting as a prequel to the volumes that follow.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 1997 (0345416619BUY), 1998 (0345406141BUY); Easton 1997; Hodder & Stoughton 1998 (0340715405, 0340715413); New English Library 1998 (0340715413).
Awards: Winner: 1997 Sidewise Award for best long-form alternate history. Nominee: 1998 Nebula for best novel.

Turtledove, Harry. The Great War
Series note: Trilogy within the Great War Multi-Series, composed of The Great War: American Front, The Great War: Walk in Hell, and The Great War: Breakthroughs. These volumes follow How Few Remain and precede the American Empire tetralogy.

Turtledove, Harry. The Great War: American Front
Divergence: 1862 CE
Summary: Still angered by events of the 1860s and 1880s, the US has allied with Germany against Britain and France, which in turn remain allied with the CSA. When war breaks out in 1914 Europe over the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, it also means conflict across North America. Meanwhile, the labor class — including former slaves — begins to heat toward a boil in both the USA and CSA.
Series note: First volume of The Great War and second of the Great War Multi-Series.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 1998 (034540615XBUY), 1999 (0345405609BUY); Hodder & Stoughton 1999 (0340715456); New English Library 2000 (0340715464).

Turtledove, Harry. The Great War: Walk in Hell
Divergence: 1862 CE
Summary: The Great War passes through 1916, beginning with the USA and CSA both putting down rebellions — one religious, one labor — and followed by the introduction of new military technology by the USA and by the CSA taking an irrevocable step in white-black relations.
Series note: Second volume of The Great War and third of the Great War Multi-Series.
Comments: Originally announced as The Great War: Stroke on Stroke.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 1999 (0345405617BUY), 2000 (0345405625BUY); Hodder & Stoughton 2000 (0340715472); New English Library 2000 (0340715480).

Turtledove, Harry. The Great War: Breakthroughs
Divergence: 1862 CE
Summary: By weight of arms and innovation in armored tactics, the USA begins to impose its will on the CSA, and 55 years after Antietam, its opportunity for revenge is nigh.
Series note: Third volume of The Great War and fourth of the Great War Multi-Series.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 2000 (0345405633BUY), 2001 (0345405641BUY); Hodder & Stoughton 2001 (0340715499);.

Turtledove, Harry. The American Empire
Divergence: 1862 CE
Series note: Trilogy within the Great War Multi-Series, including American Empire: Blood & Iron, American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold, and American Empire: The Victorious Opposition. These volumes follow The Great War trilogy and precede the Settling Accounts trilogy.

Turtledove, Harry. American Empire: Blood & Iron [vt American Empire: Blood and Iron]
Divergence: 1862 CE
Summary: In the six years following the end of the Great War, the US and CS travel in opposite political directions. The Democrats lose their 40-year hold on the U.S. Congress and then the presidency as the Socialists rise to ascendancy, while in the South punitive post-war measures lead to runaway inflation and the rapid growth of a reactionary movement.
Series note: First volume of American Empire and fifth of the Great War Multi-Series.
Comments: Originally announced as The Great War: Settling Accounts.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 2001 (034540565XBUY), 2002 (0345405668BUY); Hodder & Stoughton 2001 (0340715510), 2002 (0340715529).

Turtledove, Harry. American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold [vt American Empire: The Centre Cannot Hold]
Divergence: 1862 CE
Summary: The history of the U.S. and C.S.A. from 1924 to 1934, with stock market crashes in both nations during 1929 provoking both to undergo government changes in subsequent elections. In the U.S., the Socialists lose power to do-nothing Democrats, while in the C.S.A. the do-nothing Whigs are trounced by the violent Freedom party.
Series note: Second volume of American Empire and sixth of the Great War Multi-Series.
Published: As American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold, Ballantine/Del Rey 2002 (0345444213BUY), 2003 (0345444221BUY).
Published: As American Empire: The Centre Cannot Hold, Hodder & Stoughton 2002 (034082011X) New English Library 2003 (1029778084).

Turtledove, Harry. American Empire: The Victorious Opposition
Divergence: 1862 CE
Summary: History continues from 1934 to 1941, as the newly fascist C.S.A. presses for the recovery of territory it lost to the Union during the Great War, but all the while is preparing for a war of vengeance. Meanwhile, the Confederacy institutes a solution for coping with its "surplus" black population.
Series note: Third volume of American Empire and seventh of the Great War Multi-Series.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 2003 (034544423XBUY), 2004 (0345444248BUY).

Turtledove, Harry. Settling Accounts
Divergence: 1862 CE
Series note: Tetralogy within the Great War Multi-Series, including Settling Accounts: Return Engagement, Settling Accounts: Drive to the East, Settling Accounts: The Grapple, and Settling Accounts: In at the Death. These volumes follow the American Empire trilogy.

Turtledove, Harry. Settling Accounts: Return Engagement
Divergence: 1862 CE
Summary: The Second Great War begins.
Series note: First volume of Settling Accounts and eighth of the Great War Multi-Series.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 2004 (0345457234BUY), 2005 (0345464052BUY); Hodder & Stoughton 2004 (0340826851), 2005 (034082686X).

Turtledove, Harry. Settling Accounts: Drive to the East
Divergence: 1862 CE
Series note: Second volume of Settling Accounts and ninth of the Great War Multi-Series.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 2005 (0345457242BUY), 2006 (0345464060BUY); Hodder & Stoughton 2005 (0340826878), 2006 (0340826886).

Turtledove, Harry. Settling Accounts: The Grapple
Divergence: 1862 CE
Series note: Third volume of Settling Accounts and tenth of the Great War Multi-Series.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 2006 (0345457250BUY), 2007 (0345464079BUY); Hodder & Stoughton 2007 (0340826908).

Turtledove, Harry. Settling Accounts: In at the Death
Divergence: 1862 CE
Series note: Fourth volume of Settling Accounts and eleventh (and last?!) of the Great War Multi-Series.
Published: Ballantine/Del Rey 2007 (0345492471BUY); Hodder & Stoughton 2007 (034092179X), 2008 (0340921803).

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