How might the Civil War have ended differently?

And what might that have meant for subsequent decades of North American history?

In a work of extraordinary literary artisanship, Perry Lentz conceives the riveting tale of a Confederate provocateur in 1863 Manhattan who changes the course and outcome of the War Between the States.

Reviews Say...

The central fiction—New York City resisting the draft—is masterfully contained within a larger fiction— the Civil War ending in a stalemate, with a second war following a few years later. Perry's material is huge and complex, but he is always in control of it. I am still under its spell.
(Bruce Haywood)

Emerging Writers

Many of our authors are emerging, that is, publishing a first or second book. Loranne Temple, whose first short story collection we published in 2004, has just been named as a runner-up for the 2009 Drake Emerging Writer Award. The award panel said her collection, Coming to You from the Blue Room, "...was a pleasure to read and came very close." The winner was Andrew Porter's The Theory of Light and Matter. Our congratulations to Mr. Porter and to Loranne Temple for her fine work.