Paperback, 561 pages
Published Dec. 12, 1993 by Random House New Zealand Ltd.
January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates.
The name of the weapon is the AK-47....
I've read this book a couple times since it came out. Have enjoyed it every time. And since it's been a whole bunch of years since the last time, there was so much of it I didn't remember made it even better this time. Fun to play what if................. And there is so much to think about as far as slavery, politics, people and ...
