Explore a dark alternate history of the United States in The McClellan Regime
In the early morning hours of February 11, 1862, the Army of the Potomac, the largest army ever assembled on the North American continent, marched into the city of Washington under the orders of General George Brinton McClellan. Bridges were closed and goverment buildings were taken as the city was swiftly placed under miitary occupation. In the White House, President Abraham Lincoln is awakened and placed under arrest by soldiers belonging to the famed "Iron Brigade". By sunrise, General McClellan has installed himself as the undisputed dictator of the United States of America. (Some of these events are described in Living in the Future, the third book of The Traveler Series.)
Thus begins THE MCCLELLAN REGIME, a dark alternate history of a nation where its Constitution has been suspended and liberty has disappeared. In The McClellan Regime, we visit the U.S. at several points in its alternate history: 1872, 1892, 1922, 1962, and finally in 2012. In each installment, we have familiar characters from history, now in unfamiliar settings, trying to make sense of what has happened to the nation and struggling to set things right.
The first installment of The McClellan Regime, American Bonaparte, is now on sale as an ebook from Smashwords.com and in print from Lulu.com. Look for the second installment, The Prince of America, coming soon.
Thus begins THE MCCLELLAN REGIME, a dark alternate history of a nation where its Constitution has been suspended and liberty has disappeared. In The McClellan Regime, we visit the U.S. at several points in its alternate history: 1872, 1892, 1922, 1962, and finally in 2012. In each installment, we have familiar characters from history, now in unfamiliar settings, trying to make sense of what has happened to the nation and struggling to set things right.
The first installment of The McClellan Regime, American Bonaparte, is now on sale as an ebook from Smashwords.com and in print from Lulu.com. Look for the second installment, The Prince of America, coming soon.
A dark history: The Books of The McClellan Regime
BOOK ONE: AMERICAN BONAPARTE
Ten years after McClellan's takeover, a newspaper reporter disappears mysteriously. His brother-in-law, Chicago newspaper correspondant Sylvanus Cadwallader, attempts to locate the missing man, fearing that he might have been jailed as an anti-government subversive. Accompanying him on his search is a disgraced former general, Ulysses S. Grant, and an aspiring storyteller, Ambrose Bierce. Along the way they cross paths with a number of 19th century personalities, including Wyatt Earp, Belle Boyd, Allan Pinkerton, and William T. Sherman. Now on sale as an ebook from Smashwords.com and in print from Lulu.com.
Ten years after McClellan's takeover, a newspaper reporter disappears mysteriously. His brother-in-law, Chicago newspaper correspondant Sylvanus Cadwallader, attempts to locate the missing man, fearing that he might have been jailed as an anti-government subversive. Accompanying him on his search is a disgraced former general, Ulysses S. Grant, and an aspiring storyteller, Ambrose Bierce. Along the way they cross paths with a number of 19th century personalities, including Wyatt Earp, Belle Boyd, Allan Pinkerton, and William T. Sherman. Now on sale as an ebook from Smashwords.com and in print from Lulu.com.
BOOK TWO: THE PRINCE OF AMERICA
In 1892, seven years after the death of George McClellan, America is ruled by a coalition of Army generals, maintaining the military dictatorship that has existed since the Civil War. Only a few individuals know of McClellan's Last Orders, a startling secret that will upset the carefully balanced status quo. With news that the General's only son, George McClellan, Jr., is on his way home from an extended stay in Europe, the various factions prepare for a struggle that will alter forever the nature of The McClellan Regime. Add to the mix three interested parties: a New York politician named Theodore Roosevelt, a Massachusetts spinster named Lizzie Borden, and Sylvanus Cadwallader's son John. Coming soon.
In 1892, seven years after the death of George McClellan, America is ruled by a coalition of Army generals, maintaining the military dictatorship that has existed since the Civil War. Only a few individuals know of McClellan's Last Orders, a startling secret that will upset the carefully balanced status quo. With news that the General's only son, George McClellan, Jr., is on his way home from an extended stay in Europe, the various factions prepare for a struggle that will alter forever the nature of The McClellan Regime. Add to the mix three interested parties: a New York politician named Theodore Roosevelt, a Massachusetts spinster named Lizzie Borden, and Sylvanus Cadwallader's son John. Coming soon.
BOOK THREE
(takes place in 1922)
BOOK FOUR
(takes place in 1962)
BOOK FIVE
(takes place in 2012)
(takes place in 1922)
BOOK FOUR
(takes place in 1962)
BOOK FIVE
(takes place in 2012)
Timeline of The McClellan Regime
February 1862: The Army of the Potomac occupies Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln is arrested. Congress is dissolved. George McClellan declares military rule and suspends the Constitution.
March 1862: Cease fire declared between the United States and the Confederate States. Both armies remain in place along cease-fire line as hostilities end.
May 1862: Ulysses Grant relieved of command and charged with insubordination and conduct unbecoming. He will be dismissed from the army in disgrace after a court-martial in October of that year.
July 1862: California secedes from the United States, forms independent republic.
December 1862: Abraham Lincoln released from military stockade and returns to Illinois.
1862-1872: McClellan creates new government agency, the National Intelligence Service, and also forms the United States Gendarmerie.
1865: Birth of George McClellan, Jr., in Washington D.C.
1870: Death of Abraham Lincoln, from natural causes.
1872: Peace treaty between United States and Confederate States ratified, formally ending the Civil War.
1873: Start of Great Western War between USA and Canada.
1875: Surrender of Canada and cession of western territories to USA
October 1885: Death of George B. McClellan, Sr., from heart attack
March 1862: Cease fire declared between the United States and the Confederate States. Both armies remain in place along cease-fire line as hostilities end.
May 1862: Ulysses Grant relieved of command and charged with insubordination and conduct unbecoming. He will be dismissed from the army in disgrace after a court-martial in October of that year.
July 1862: California secedes from the United States, forms independent republic.
December 1862: Abraham Lincoln released from military stockade and returns to Illinois.
1862-1872: McClellan creates new government agency, the National Intelligence Service, and also forms the United States Gendarmerie.
1865: Birth of George McClellan, Jr., in Washington D.C.
1870: Death of Abraham Lincoln, from natural causes.
1872: Peace treaty between United States and Confederate States ratified, formally ending the Civil War.
1873: Start of Great Western War between USA and Canada.
1875: Surrender of Canada and cession of western territories to USA
October 1885: Death of George B. McClellan, Sr., from heart attack