New South Britain — Craig Dirgo

New South Britain is author Craig Dirgo's epic alternative history novel. When a family of bankers who are bent on controlling the world realize that cotton has changed the balance of trade they set out to bring the United States under their control. Using an unscrupulous former gambler as their front man, the bankers flame the fuels of war with the ultimate goal to make the United States indebted and under their thumb. As events spin out-of-control, the United States is shattered into several factions-each determined to chart their own course through history. Sweeping in scope and blending historical figures with fictional characters, New South Britain creates a tapestry of real and imagined events that lead to a vastly different outcome than any might imagine.

Craig Dirgo is the bestselling author and co-author of numerous novels including The Einstein Papers, The Tesla Documents and The Cristos Parchment in his John Taft series. The Eli Cutter series as well as his historical fiction novels. With Clive Cussler he was co-writer on The Sea Hunters I and The Sea Hunters II, Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed and the first two novels of the Oregon Files series, Golden Buddha and Sacred Stone. An avid skier and mountain climber, Dirgo resides high in the mountains where summer comes late and winter far too early. For more information, please visit craigdirgo.com.