Russian Amerika

Liberty is Born in the Czar's American Lands
Fight for Free Amerika!

21st century Russian Amerika—a cold, hard land held in chains by a brutal police state. But now the Cossacks have met their match in a rebel army of Athabaskans and outcast creoles. New republic or slavery's chains?

It will all come down to a gritty and courageous rebel commander and a final courageous stand at the remote fortress known as the Chena Redoubt.

A debut alternate history of astonishing power and prescience from Alaskan native Stoney Compton!

"[T]his is a mordant, brilliant book."
—San Francisco Chronicle

Cover Art by Kurt Miller

Hardcover
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, April 2007

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-2116-7
ISBN-10: 1-4165-2116-X

Copyright© 2007 by Stoney Compton

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

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Dedication

To my Mother, Maxine Irene Stout Compton, 1926-1998
She would have been proud of my accomplishment,
but embarassed by its content.

For Colette Marie, my magical and wonderful dancer wife,
with her, all things are possible.

For Jess and Mary Herring, finer in-laws are not to be found.

And for Eric Flint, whose friendship knows no bounds. Thank you.