Аннотация
Harry Turtledove
The Victorious opposition
Manichaeism, n., The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant
warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the
fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's DictionaryI
Clarence Potter walked through the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, like a man caught in a city occupied by the enemy. That was exactly how he felt. It was March 5, 1934-a Monday. The day before, Jake Featherston of the Freedom Party had taken the oath of office as president of the Confederate States of America.
"I've known that son of a bitch was a son of a bitch longer than anybody," Potter muttered. He was a tall, well-made man in his late forties, whose spectacles made him look milder than he really was. Behind those lenses-these days, to his disgust, bifocals-his gray eyes were hard and cold and watchful.
He'd first met Featherston when they both served in the Army of Northern...
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