The New Novel from Wu Ming
A story from the wrong side of History
When everything was still possible
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1775, on the dawn of the revolution that gave origin to the United States of America.
Loyalists and rebels dispute the alliance of the Six Nations of the Iroquois, the most powerful indigenous tribal group, equipped with a centuries-old Constitution.
In the Mohawk River Valley, natives and colonists have been coexisting for generations. Painful decisions condemn the future of the mestizo community: but the journey must set off, all the way to the capital of the Empire, with the way back paved with war.
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