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Brian Finch-Malloy: school chess and fencing champion, crack shot, former officer in the British Army's Coldstream Guards, and private in the army of the Confederacy. He is now on the run from the British Secret Service, the Confederacy, and from Hermann Goering of the German National Socialist Workers' Party. Working with a group of Confederates and Germans, he must find a way to prevent an unholy alliance between President Jefferson Davis III's Confederate States of America and Adolf Hitler's Germany. David Slater: private in the Army of the Confederacy, with talents for chess and calligraphy, both of which take him on unexpected adventures; to Germany, and in the Zeppelin Bismarck, where he meets Hitler, Goering, and other Nazi functionaries. Beneath Gray Skies tells of a past that never happened, where the Confederacy survived into the 20th century, and a giant airship soars through the air, carrying a fabulous and mysterious treasure across the Atlantic.

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...extraordinarily well-written piece of mind candy that becomes more and more difficult to put down (Christopher Belton, author of Isolation, Crime sans Frontieres, etc.) If the Civil War had not been fought and the Confederacy had existed into the 20th century, how would modern history have developed? ... a tightly written plot, some colorful characters (including Hermann Goering and a forerunner of secret agent 007) and as an added bonus, a remarkably well researched introduction to German -Zeppelin technology. (Amazon review by Mystery Fan ) ... a rattling good adventure novel filled with such characters that would make our own world a better place to live...if only they were real.' (Amazon review by Ralph E. Vaughan) I enjoyed this book from the first page to the end. Between the description and the other reviews of the book you can get a pretty clear picture of what this book is about: what if the American Civil War didn't happen and the south became a separate country. It's a fun idea to consider and handled very well and enjoyably by the author, I had no trouble grasping his concept and running with it. The characters are fun and interesting (I especially liked Brian) and there's very, very little that I would even consider criticizing. Get it, read it, enjoy. (Amazon review)

...extraordinarily well-written piece of mind candy that becomes more and more difficult to put down (Christopher Belton, author of Isolation, Crime sans Frontieres, etc.) If the Civil War had not been fought and the Confederacy had existed into the 20th century, how would modern history have developed? ... a tightly written plot, some colorful characters (including Hermann Goering and a forerunner of secret agent 007) and as an added bonus, a remarkably well researched introduction to German Zeppelin technology. (Amazon review by Mystery Fan ) ... a rattling good adventure novel filled with such characters that would make our own world a better place to live...if only they were real.' (Amazon review by Ralph E. Vaughan) I enjoyed this book from the first page to the end. Between the description and the other reviews of the book you can get a pretty clear picture of what this book is about: what if the American Civil War didn't happen and the south became a separate country. It's a fun idea to consider and handled very well and enjoyably by the author, I had no trouble grasping his concept and running with it. The characters are fun and interesting (I especially liked Brian) and there's very, very little that I would even consider criticizing. Get it, read it, enjoy. (Amazon review)

.. .extraordinarily well-written piece of mind candy that becomes more and more difficult to put down (Christopher Belton, author of Isolation, Crime sans Fronti res, etc.) If the Civil War had not been fought and the Confederacy had existed into the 20th century, how would modern history have developed? ... a tightly written plot, some colorful characters (including Hermann Goering and a forerunner of secret agent 007) and as an added bonus, a remarkably well researched introduction to German -Zeppelin technology. (Amazon review by Mystery Fan ) .. . a rattling good adventure novel filled with such characters that would make our own world a better place to live...if only they were real.' (Amazon review by Ralph E. Vaughan) I enjoyed this book from the first page to the end. Between the description and the other reviews of the book you can get a pretty clear picture of what this book is about: what if the American Civil War didn't happen and the south became a separate country. It's a fun idea to consider and handled very well and enjoyably by the author, I had no trouble grasping his concept and running with it. The characters are fun and interesting (I especially liked Brian) and there's very, very little that I would even consider criticizing. Get it, read it, enjoy. (Amazon review)

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Hugh Ashton is the author of many acclaimed adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and he has been described as the reincarnation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for his faithful recreation of the famous sleuth. A long-term resident of Japan, he now lives in the cathedral city of Lichfield.

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