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Settling Accounts: Return Engagement - Alternate History
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Settling Accounts: Return Engagement

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Settling Accounts: Return Engagement is a 2004 alternate-history novel by Harry Turtledove and the opening volume of the four-book Settling Accounts sequence. It is part of the larger Southern Victory series, whose timeline diverges when the Confederate States of America wins independence from the United States. By the late 1930s, the United States and the Confederacy are drawn into a continent-wide war that parallels elements of the Second World War.

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Who wrote Settling Accounts: Return Engagement?

The novel was written by Harry Turtledove. It was published in 2004 and begins the four-book Settling Accounts sequence.

What historical change drives the Southern Victory series?

The timeline diverges when the Confederate States of America wins the American Civil War. Settling Accounts: Return Engagement then follows the consequences of that altered North American history.

Is Settling Accounts: Return Engagement the first Southern Victory book?

No. It opens the Settling Accounts sequence but belongs to the larger Southern Victory series, which develops the Confederate victory timeline across several earlier books.

What kind of conflict does Return Engagement depict?

It is an alternate-history war novel focused on the continuing struggle between the United States and the Confederate States. The setting treats the Civil War's different outcome as the foundation for later military and political conflict.

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