Thursday, November 16, 2023

Alternate History: The Artillerymen

If you like reading Alternative History novels, I highly recommend  Destroyermen and its prequel, The Artillerymen. The latter tells of American soldiers on their way to Vera Cruz during the Mexican-American War when they are mysteriously transported to a parallel planet Earth. This new Earth, among other things, has seen dinosaurs evolve into intelligent life, called the Grik. Another twist, is a culture based around the Spanish conquistadors melding with central American cultures into a bloody Holy Dominion Kingdom. The Americans find themselves deposited into what we would call the Yucatan, where they are attacked by Grik and Holy Dominion allies, the Holcano (Mayan tribe).


American soldiers representing Volunteers and Regulars from the book...

The real heroes of the novels, American Artillery...
The 'official' commander of the Americans on the beach, Major Reed...
Captain Anson of the Texas Rangers...
Lt Lara, commander of a small Mexican Lancer unit transported to the strange world as well...
Some of Anson's Rangers...
These are some of the hideous cannibalistic Grik...
More Grik, these armed with weapons...
Up next, the Battle on the Beach...









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