Advance and Retreat
 THE
NORTH SHALL RISE AGAIN!
When Avram became King of Detina, he declared he intended to liberate
the blond serfs from their ties to the land. This noble assertion
immediately plunged the kingdom into a civil war that would prove long and
bloody, and set brother against brother. The northern provinces, dependent
on their serf's labor, seceded, choosing Avram's cousin, Grand Duke
Geoffrey, as their king. To save the kingdom, Avram sent armies clad in
gray against the slave-holding North, battling Geoffrey's army, arrayed in
blue.
Though King Avram held more land and wealth than Geoffrey, Geoffrey's
men were better soldiers and the North had better and more powerful
wizards. Still, as the war raged on, greater population and superior
organization began to tell and the tide turned against the North.
Even so, the war is far from over. The South still faces two formidable
leaders: General Bell, whose loss of a leg has only strengthened his
resolve, and Ned of the Forest, whose unicorn riders are the most
dangerous force on the Northern side. And though the Southern sorcerers
have become more adept at war spells, use of sorcery is unpredictable—as
the North learned earlier when its forces held an almost impregnable
position, but retreated in terror when an overconfident sorcerer's spell
went awry.
Though victory seems in sight for the South, its armies must now battle
the North on its own ground, ground which will prove treacherous and
deadly. . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Harry Turtledove is known for his historical fantasy and alternate
history. His novels include The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump, Sentry Peak,
Marching Through Peachtree, The Guns of the South, and the Great War and
World at War series. A Hugo winner and Nebula finalist, he lives in Los
Angeles.
Illustration by Tom Kidd
Cover design by Carol Russo Design
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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, December 2002
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Turtledove, Harry.
Advance and retreat / by Harry Turtledove.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books original"—T.p. verso.
ISBN 0-7434-3576-1
1. Civil war—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3570.U76 A68 2002
813'.54—dc21 2002028323
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