http://www.Fictionwise.com Fictionwise.com: Best-Selling Alternate History Titles http://www.Fictionwise.com/ebooks/ebook84287.htm There is an important secret to the way the Carthaginians build their galleys. Each is identical to all of the others. They are built to a standard design and each piece is marked. You can take one apart and use it as a set of templates to build more. One unlucky Carthaginian captain is forced aground by the Romans and he and his crew and his galley are captured. Rome uses his galley to build a fleet of 225 identical ships in less than 45 days and use this to challenge Carthaginian naval supremacy. But will Roman skill and ingenuity be enough against the experienced crews of the oaken galleys they face. Its 217BC and Rome takes what it believes is its chance. http://www.Fictionwise.com/ebooks/ebook84288.htm With the Roman fleet at the bottom of the Mediterranean and Hannibal's mercenary army marauding down the east coast of Italy Rome are up against it. When the entire Roman army is butchered at the battle of Cannae and Hannibal's brother lands another army in the Bay of Naples Rome is given a choice. Surrender or be sacked. It is 216BC and the last challenger against Carthage's reign is on her knees. http://www.Fictionwise.com/ebooks/ebook68879.htm The Carthaginian explorer Hanno left the Mediterranean to sail south. Instead the grandmother of all storms has pushed him north. His small fleet of war galleys, battered, crews exhausted, supplies depleted are pinned by tide and wind against a hostile shore. The shore is lined with hundreds of local tribesmen armed to the teeth. He doesn't speak their language. They don't speak his. Only one man speaks both. An itinerant trader. But can he trust him, can he make friends, allies even, above all can he retrieve his fortunes and get home. This is 470BC, this is England. Hanno doesn't know that. Can he use his wits and his charm and all his skills to win out? http://www.Fictionwise.com/ebooks/ebook84594.htm Seventy years ago the might of Carthage was brought to bear on the city of Rome. Now as Carthage focuses on troubles further abroad Rome sees the chance to rebel, the final chance to win back their freedom and their own destiny. The savagery of the response of the Carthaginian army knows no bounds. Crucifixion for one in two men is just the start. For the rest slavery in the mines and fields of Spain and Britain awaits them. It is 146BC and now Carthage truly rules the Mediterranean. http://www.Fictionwise.com/ebooks/ebook10682.htm With the incomparable vision and breathtaking detail that brought his now-classic Mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson boldly imagines an alternate history of the last seven hundred years. In his grandest work yet, the acclaimed storyteller constructs a world vastly different from the one we know.... It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur--the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if? What if the plague killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been--a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. These are the years of rice and salt. This is a universe where the first ship to reach the New World travels across the Pacific Ocean from China and colonization spreads from west to east. This is a universe where the Industrial Revolution is triggered by the world's greatest scientific minds--in India. This is a universe where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions and Christianity is merely a historical footnote. Through the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, slaves and scholars, Robinson renders an immensely rich tapestry. Rewriting history and probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, power, and even love on such an Earth. From the steppes of Asia to the shores of the Western Hemisphere, from the age of Akbar to the present and beyond, here is the stunning story of the creation of a new world.