AH Title and Description Game
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Stop doing that, please. If someone has an idea, they will post. I don't really have any ideas for these titles, but eventually someone will come up with an idea.
Despite its limited population, the Three-Fifths Compromise gave Southern slave states unfair dominance of the government of the United States. Through this dominance, the elite minority of wealthy slave owners was able to control the nation well disproportionate their numbers or their right to do so. The Fugitive Slave Act was among many actions that infuriated and frustrated the North. The Missouri Compromise lead to Bleeding Kansas, and the admittance of Kansas to the Union as a Slave State. Bad blood between North and South reached a boiling point that would soon become intolerable. The final indignity was the passage of the 13th Amendment, otherwise known as the Corwin Amendment. The boldness of the amendment was clear, as the "domestic institutions" it protected from federal interference clearly guarded slavery. Coupled with Kansas and continued Southern attempts to enforce slavery on new territories and the rest of the Union, secession became the topic of Northern legislatures. The reasons the North left the Union vary. However, it was the dual factors of abolitionism and rage at the minority rule, violence, and interference of the South in the rest of the Union. The earliest region to leave was New England, which had discussed secession generations earlier during the Hartford Convention. New York soon followed, and momentum built as state after state in the North, emboldened by their fellows, left the Union. Despite early flirtation with independence of each state as individual republics (though New England had already formed in the Confederation of New England), the seceded states joined together to form the Federal States of America. The Federal Constitution dealt with the grievances of the North against the South. It did not expressly forbid slavery, but abolitionist and anti-southern sentiment ensured an erasure of the Three-Fifths Compromise, a ban on slavery in newly held territories, and independence of the North from any interference by minority slave holding interest.
Tensions flared between the FSA and the United States in the territories. The FSA had declared control of all US territories north of Missouri, including the Nebraska Territory, the Washington Territory, and debatably the Utah Territory. The FSA was in a far stronger position to settle and fortify these regions than the remaining United States. However, the US government refused to allow this claim, and disputed the right of the FSA to even exist as a nation. Unprovoked US raids into Pennsylvania, Ohio and other border states, as well as attacks on settlers and Federal forts and troops in the territories lead to a declaration of war by the Federals on the Union. At the time, California and Oregon had not declared their allegiance to either faction, and were ostensibly under the governance of the United States. However, the United States, now dominated totally by slave interests, felt that the Pacific states would align with the North. Therefore, the US began sending armed forces. California would be essentially placed under a military dictatorship. Resentment quickly erupted into total anarchy and mob violence against American troops, forcing the Pacific expedition to retreat. The conflicts in the east and in the territories, as well as the occupation by US forces, lead the California and Oregon legislatures to declare themselves part of the Federal States of America.
The war lasted for four years. However, the FSA quickly outmaneuvered the South. The North had a population that outpaced the South by the millions, and a far superior industrial base. The United States meanwhile failed to gain the support of any outside power. Initially, the legislature opposed such actions as shameful to Washington's warning against foreign entanglements. However, the desperation of the war opened the way to negotiation. However, both France and Britain found stronger trade relations with the Federals, and had already turned to their imperial colonies for cotton, further undercutting the Southern economy. The war in the West devolved into a bloody stalemate, with the South failing to regain California and Oregon. Attacks into the North dealt the FSA a bloody nose, but failed in its goal to shock the North into surrender and negotiation. The United States had also badly defined its goals in the war, which wavered between a negotiated peace, leaving the FSA in existence but claiming part or all of the territories it claimed, or if it was a war for the complete surrender and readmittance of the FSA. Rumors spread quickly that the goal of the South was to occupy the North, and reconstruct it through the reintroduction of slavery and control it under Southern economic domination. Members of the Southern government did indeed have this goal, but its likelihood is debatable. By 1864, General Grant had broken through enemy lines, and the FSA was able to occupy the border states of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri, as well as the all important Washington D.C. Federal attacks continued to cut into US territory. By this point, the Southern government had devolved into infighting, disunity, and a civil war within a civil war between factions and states. As General Sherman would remark, the states which seceded from the United States, were reconquered, and seceded once again was a fire which the US never managed to put out, and which sapped their attention. By 1864, all attention on the territories was abandoned as the South recalled troops to defend its core territory. However, the situation fell into total anarchy. With Federal successes, the Northern cause became not simply a war against aggression. It was now a war to eradicate the slave owning elite and end the institution of human bondage once and for all. In 1865, the war was ended, with the Federal States of America in total control of the former United States. In the aftermath of the war, the North held the Second Constitutional Convention, passing a new draft of the old Constitution, which once and for all banned slavery in the United States, as well as wholly destroying the power of minority dictatorship. The new Constitution established what historians declare as the Second American Republic, which is simply named the United States of America.
The aftermath of the Civil War is the timeline's sequel, which no one ever bothered writing. There was discussion of Robert E. Lee, who had resigned his commission following the occupation of California, working towards a moderate, reconciliation political movement after the war. This would initially fail, as Northerners would not trust a Southerner, and Southerners would view Lee as a turncoat, but would have a major role in the political evolution of the 20th century. There were also discussions of manumission for slave owners in regions more favorable to the Northern Cause, and freedmen being repatriated to Liberia.
Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows
Burning of the Midnight Oil
For To Hear the Voices of Angels
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A Dystopian TL centred on a much worse War on Drugs. Featuring a Civil War in Colombia with both sides trafficking cocaine, an earlier and bloodier Mexican cartel war, Far-Right Military Juntas ruling Brazil and Venezuela (both heavily involved with drug smuggling), a Nicaraguan failed state, and an increasingly Authoritarian United States.
The title is used ironically - implying that the TL is that of a happy utopian world. It can also be interpreted as a subtle description of the setting : namely Latin America ("Sunshine") and drugs ("Lollipops" ; with "Rainbows" possibly alluding to hallucinogens).
Motherland: Legacy of the Cold War
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Of course I can, I'm the goddamn Shah!
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The rise of Napoleon IV and the Third French Empire or : How I overthrew the Commune and learned to love the Bosch
A Persia-wank in which Reza Shah Pahlavi turned Persia into a modern industrialized country. Economical success which even reached the underprivileged allowed far-reaching social (and political) reforms and prevented a revolution. A revolution which was seen as inevitable because of his stance towards Islam. In 1975 Reza Shah Pahlavi declared that Zoroastrism is the state religion of Persia. Only hours later the ayatollahs sentenced him to death because of apostasy...
But nothing happen. Not a single assassination attempt was even remotely successfull. The Shah was much more popular than the whole Shiite clergy who was stuck in medieval times. So the only would-be assassins who the clergy managed to recruit were either so incompetent that they were arrested on sight or betrayed their employers to the police.
Reza Shah Pahlavi died of cancer in 1980. His son Reza Shah Pahlavi II succeeded him and continued his father's policy. Shortly after the birth of Princess Noor Pahlavi, his first daughter (of five), royal succession by absolute primogenture was adopted.
Today Persia is the political and economical powerhouse and the only true parlamentary monarchy of the Gulf Region. Although Zoroastrism is the state religion most Persians are still Shiite muslims.
The Nude Society
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Imperial Protestantism
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The Most Holy Roman Empire
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The Empress of Arabia
When the Roman Empire becomes Christian, the church wants more power .They overthrow the emperor and creates a theocratic empire.The pope become a ruler and the empire lasts until the present day.
New America
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The Red Hammer
Fearing that Mikhail Gorbachev's reform proposals would severely damage the Soviet Union, the Politburo chooses to support his rival Grigory Romanov for the Position of General Secretary. To everyone's surprise Romanov does his job well - clamping down on corruption, greatly reducing government waste, reversing the Brezhnev stagnation and later leading the Soviet Union to a somewhat slow, but steady economic recovery. In the international stage he opts for a rather moderate approach. Compromise is reached with the rest of the Warsaw Pact and they remain firmly in the Soviet sphere, in return for increased national sovereignity. With the United States, Romanov initiates a second Detente with Reagan; and although relations remain cool, tensions begin to wane between the two Superpowers. As part of negotiations, aid for the Mujahideen is slowly reduced and the Soviets finally succeed in pacifying Afghanistan in 1990.
The new millenium eventually arrives and the Cold War continues into the 21st century. But trouble begins to stir on the horizon. On May Day 2000, Romanov shocks the USSR by announcing his retirement, citing his age and health. He is succedeed by a (relatively) young protégé by the name of Vladimir Putin. General Secretary Putin passes some economic reforms and oversees a Soviet economic boom, earning himself widespread support from the Soviet populace. But unlike his predecessor, Putin takes a more aggresive stance against the West. Tensions mount as the Soviet Union tightens it's grip on Eastern Europe and fights multiple proxy wars with the US. His foreign policy is soon condemned as reckless by the Politburo, whom he later purges as he consolodates his power within the Party. Tensions reaches a breaking point when the Red Army invades and occupies Iran following a series of border skirmishes. With the Strait of Hormuz under Soviet control, Putin has gained new leverage against the west in the form of Iraq and Iran's oil supplies. America is hit badly by a 2nd Oil crisis and threatens to halt any further intrusion into the Persian Gulf, kicking off the greatest international crisis since Cuba. The Cold War is now dangerously becoming hot, with many fearing that Putin would soon unleash the "Red Hammer" of the Red Army on NATO.
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The rise of Napoleon IV and the Third French Empire or: How I overthrew the Commune and learned to love the Bosch
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Motherland: Legacy of the Cold War
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Mein Platz unter der Sonne: The Life and Reign of Kaiserin Wilhemina the Great
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Our words are backed with nuclear weapons! - A history of the 4th Indo-Pakistani War (1983-85)
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Quick Map!
EDIT: I forgot I made Kansas a slave state, and it is a territory on the map. Eh, whatever.
EDIT: I forgot I made Kansas a slave state, and it is a territory on the map. Eh, whatever.
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the story of How Russian Union, which Gorbachev proposed, came into fruition at the end of Cold war.
Korean Hold'em Fokker: The alternate Aviation TL
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Tale of Three Koreas
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How Mishaal bint Fahd became empress of saudi arabia and her love story with Khaled al-Sha'er Mulhallal became happy ending..
The Last of The knights
A sentimental TL narrated by an unnamed Crusader Knight of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Through his telling of history we learn that the Crusader States not only survived ITTL, but thrived. Over time they unified into one single state, and became a regional power. However, their demise was not prevented, but merely delayed. Eventually the Crusaders were pushed back by the Ottoman Turks and by the TL's present-day (1568), are laying siege to Jerusalem, the last Christian bastion in the Holy Land. The Knight then tells the readers of how the King of Jerusalem evacuated the civilians and basically prepared himself for last defiant battle. The TL ends with the Knight contemplating on what could have been, before joining his King at the city gates. As the Turks breach the door and charge in, the Knights give one last cry of triumph and charge head on.
An epilogue reveals that the sacrifice of the King and Knights during the fall of Jerusalem inspired all of Christendom (Protestanism was butterflied away ITTL) and a joint Catholic-Orthodox Crusade was called to liberate the Holy Land once more. How it ended is left ambigious, but it is hinted that the Crusaders succeeded and founded a Second Kingdom of Jerusalem.
The rise of Napoleon IV and the Third French Empire or: How I overthrew the Commune and learned to love the Bosch
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Mein Platz unter der Sonne: The Life and Reign of Kaiserin Wilhemina the Great
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Our words are backed with nuclear weapons! - A history of the 4th Indo-Pakistani War (1983-85)
A TL of how Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia changed sucession laws in prussia became kaiserin, and reunified germany with the help of otto von bismarck.
The rise of Napoleon IV and the Third French Empire or: How I overthrew the Commune and learned to love the Bosch
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Our words are backed with nuclear weapons! - A history of the 4th Indo-Pakistani War (1983-85)
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Korean Hold'em Fokker: Alternate Aviation TL
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Tale of Three Koreas
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How tensions in Jammu Kashmir heated up into another war in 1983. this time, nukes are involved..
The rise of Napoleon IV and the Third French Empire or: How I overthrew the Commune and learned to love the Bosch
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Korean Hold'em Fokker: Alternate Aviation TL
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Tale of Three Koreas
@bhlee0019: Could you please write more than just one sentence as description for a title?
Choose one of these titles and write a description with atleast four sentences:
The Nude Society
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Imperial Protestantism
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The Most Holy Roman Empire
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The Twin Empress of Germany
In aworld without both World Wars and a stronger Imperial China Korea finds themself suddenly under attack by both China and Japan. After a short brutal war and an intervention by the British Empire (still the one and only superpower on the planet) Korea is divided into three parts: a Chinese controlled puppet state in the north, a Japanese colony in the south and neutral British protectorate in the center. This TL describes the history of Korea from the beginning of the Korean War in 1936 to the Korean Reunification in 2021. In those 85 years the world saw many conflicts in East Asia. Civil unrest after the assassination of the extremely popular Empress by one of her most trusted generals, who declared himself Emperor after the deed, led to the collapse of the Chinese Empire in 1986 and the beginning of the Chinese Civil Wars (1986+) in which North Korea regained independecs from China in 2001. A conflict of interests between the British Empire, the Empire of Japan, the Union of Russian Republics, the Federal Republic of America and the Confederate States of America led to the Pacific War (part of the Russian-British Wars (1853-2017) and the American Wars (1861-2015)) in 2012. By 2017 Russia and Japan were defeated and lost all their colonies. In 2021 the three Koreas decided to reunificate and to restore the Empire of Korea (which was granted the control of several former Japanese, Russian and even American colonies by the British Empire).
Choose one of these titles and write a description with atleast four sentences:
The Nude Society
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Imperial Protestantism
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The Most Holy Roman Empire
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The Twin Empress of Germany
This is an interesting TL where Holy Roman Empire actually survived the Napoleon's invasion. In this Universe, Although situation in USA goes as OTL until 1917, Europe changes. The Frence's monarchy is restored, and Louis XVIII takes the throne. However, he doesn't live long as second revolution starts in 1825. which results in a republican government set up in France akin to United States. The eurpoe stayed mostly peaceful until in april 14, 1912, When Ocean Liner Olympic was sunk due to an explosion. when the investigation was concluded that it was set up by holy roman empire, France and England declare war on the Roman empire, which ends when United States intervenes in 1917, and Holy roman empire collapses in 1918.
This Timeline had been initially panned by critics, as PoD was seemingly ASB. however, further research revealed that it was suprisingly, plausible.
The rise of Napoleon IV and the Third French Empire or: How I overthrew the Commune and learned to love the Bosch
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The Nude Society
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Imperial Protestantism
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The Twin Empress of Germany
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Tomcat or Eagle: Alternate Aviation TL
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Korean Hold'em Fokker: Alternate Aviation TL
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Shortly after the excommunication of Martin Luther, the church decides to launch a crackdown on him and his followers. Thousands are rounded up, tortured and burned at the stake, including Luther himself (who was reported to have endured the whole thing stoically, not once giving a cry of pain during his torture and burning). It backfires spectacularly, horrifying the peoples of the German states and causing a wave of Protestant zeal all across the Holy Roman Empire. Soon a Protestant is elected to the Imperial throne, and he declares the founding of a new "reformed" church. The declaration causes widespread chaos in Europe, as a larger and more radical reformation tears the continent apart. With the Church at risk of being usurped by Northern Heretics, the Pope calls for a crusade, the first in over a century... marking the beginning of a century of war and bloodshed.
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12 Angry Mensheviks
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Minority Reporting
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Glorious Gentlemen
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The Tiger Queen
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The rise of Napoleon IV and the Third French Empire or: How I overthrew the Commune and learned to love the Bosch
After Massacre on Romanov Royal Family backfied spectacularly, the 12 Mensheviks lead the secret movements of counterrevolution. This becomes a thermidor to October Revolution. At first, they planned to form a Kingdom, modeled on UK, but they couldn't find a Romanov bloodline, so they Declare Republic of Russia, modeled on US. and this starts the history of Republic of Russia..
Korean Hold'em Fokker: Alternate Aviation TL
1917. Shortly after the so-called October Revolution and the beginning of the Russian Civil War twelve minor members of the Mensheviks plan to assassinate Lenin and thus end the civil war. They were successfull. Lenin's death in december 1917 led to a division of the bolsheviks, some supported Stalin while others followed Trotsky. This led to the collapse of the Red Army and much confusion in the bolshevik-held regions. This confusion allowed most mebers of the Imperial Family to escape their sudden execution and to flee into White Army territory. After ten years of nearly constant fighting a truce negotiated by the League of Nations and enforced by their Armed Forces led to the establishment of the four Russias: the Russian Socialist Soviet Republic (Stalin), the Revolutionary People's Republic of Russia (Trotsky), the Democratic Republic of Russia (Mesheviks), the Empire of Russia (Nicholas II).
Choose one of these titles and write a description with atleast four sentences:
The Nude Society
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Men Fight, Women Preach
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Trouble in the Frances
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The Twin Empress of Germany
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"Remember Queen Christina!"
This discusses division of france after WW2. After france was liberated when Soviets landed in Marseilles and US and western Allied troops landed in normandy, they coworked to defeat nazis. However, this started the division of france: French Republic on north, and Marseilles Commune on south. With north led by Charles De Gaulle and Jacques Duclos to the south. The tensions were high on france.. But after the detente, both frances were first to unite in 1979 under north. Although south france were somewhat poorer than the northern counterpart, south france was most richest of the communist bloc, with 30000 dollar GDP in 1978. This provided easy politics after reunifications. And today, the PCF has vote in former south france.
This timeline provided alternate insights into french politics in this era.
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Tomcats and Eagles: Alternate Aviation TL
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Korean Hold'em Fokker: Alternate Aviation TL
Korean Hold'em Fokker: Alternate Aviation TL
This timeline begins by butterflying away TWA Flight 599's fatal crash, which in turn means that a famous Notre Dame coach is not killed and means no media spotlight and forced shutdown of all passenger flights in the US with Fokker designs. Instead a competitor suffers the weakness of laminated wood, which not just keeps Fokker competitive in the American market, but also gives them the opportunity to revise some of their building standards. This better footing keeps Fokker from selling to GM, which in turn means that more in-house designs of both passenger and war planes come about.
The big ripple comes when a product of their's, a non-OTL design called the D-22, becomes a budget fighter plane, serving a similar role in the Pacific as the Brewster Buffalo. While still deemed out-dated by the war, better corporate structure and a larger pool meant that it became a popular export model, particularly to China, Australia, and other states who needed planes but lacked a solid aircraft industry. This trend and their war time effort would grant the Dutch firm the role of one of the great air corporations of the world, alongside Dassault, Lavochkin, and Grumman.
The name itself came from the writer's style of mixing history book with narrative, particularly the narrative of one 'Bud' Frasier, a pilot with a gambling habit who would mainly deal with Fokker designed planes to train the new South Korean Air Force in their role. While nominated for a Turtledove, it ultimately lost to 'Our Words are Backed with Nuclear Weapons'. It's seen as one of the great aircraft TLs, and would spark a flurry of others.
How a Chef Saved Modern Society
Plight of the Steel King
Chameleons in the Dark
Brothers Once, Enemies Now
The Tragedy of the Mad Minister
The Slave and the Sultan
This timeline begins by butterflying away TWA Flight 599's fatal crash, which in turn means that a famous Notre Dame coach is not killed and means no media spotlight and forced shutdown of all passenger flights in the US with Fokker designs. Instead a competitor suffers the weakness of laminated wood, which not just keeps Fokker competitive in the American market, but also gives them the opportunity to revise some of their building standards. This better footing keeps Fokker from selling to GM, which in turn means that more in-house designs of both passenger and war planes come about.
The big ripple comes when a product of their's, a non-OTL design called the D-22, becomes a budget fighter plane, serving a similar role in the Pacific as the Brewster Buffalo. While still deemed out-dated by the war, better corporate structure and a larger pool meant that it became a popular export model, particularly to China, Australia, and other states who needed planes but lacked a solid aircraft industry. This trend and their war time effort would grant the Dutch firm the role of one of the great air corporations of the world, alongside Dassault, Lavochkin, and Grumman.
The name itself came from the writer's style of mixing history book with narrative, particularly the narrative of one 'Bud' Frasier, a pilot with a gambling habit who would mainly deal with Fokker designed planes to train the new South Korean Air Force in their role. While nominated for a Turtledove, it ultimately lost to 'Our Words are Backed with Nuclear Weapons'. It's seen as one of the great aircraft TLs, and would spark a flurry of others.
How a Chef Saved Modern Society
Plight of the Steel King
Chameleons in the Dark
Brothers Once, Enemies Now
The Tragedy of the Mad Minister
The Slave and the Sultan