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How Few Remain is a 1997 alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove that serves as the opening installment of the Southern Victory series. The premise imagines a timeline where the Confederate States successfully seceded, leading to a renewed military conflict between the United States and the Confederacy in 1881. The story explores the geopolitical shifts in North America as the two nations clash over territorial disputes.
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What is the alternate-history premise of How Few Remain?
Harry Turtledove imagines that the Confederate States won independence from the United States. The 1997 novel then follows a renewed conflict between the United States and the Confederacy in the late 19th century.
Who wrote How Few Remain?
The novel was written by Harry Turtledove and published in 1997. It opens his Southern Victory alternate-history series.
What historical event changes in How Few Remain?
The central divergence is a Confederate victory at Gettysburg in 1863. That success allows the Confederacy to survive as an independent country and reshapes North American politics.
What book follows How Few Remain in the Southern Victory series?
The next volume is American Front, the first book in the Great War sequence. It continues the conflict between the United States and the Confederacy in Turtledove's alternate timeline.
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