Proofs of Empire
Proofs of Empire is a five-volume alternate-history series about the North American continent that breaks when the War of 1812 goes the other way.
Volume I
The First Proof
The War of 1812 becomes the first proof that preparation can make conquest look like policy.
The War of 1812 becomes the first proof that preparation can make conquest look like policy.
Volume II
The Second Proof
Fifty years after conquest, the old provinces learn that obedience and belonging were never the same thing.
Fifty years after conquest, the old provinces learn that obedience and belonging were never the same thing.
Volume III
The Third Proof
The rebellion survives by accepting help from Halifax, but every crate, convoy, and promise carries a price.
The rebellion survives by accepting help from Halifax, but every crate, convoy, and promise carries a price.
Volume IV
The Fourth Proof
Gunfire fades, but peace arrives through prisoner lists, port clauses, debt ledgers, amnesty terms, language guarantees, ceremonies, and treaty sentences.
Gunfire fades, but peace arrives through prisoner lists, port clauses, debt ledgers, amnesty terms, language guarantees, ceremonies, and treaty sentences.
Volume V
The Final Proof
The fracture moves west: Red River, Rupert’s Land, British Columbia, Mexico, Alaska, and the Pacific become the next field of claims.
The fracture moves west: Red River, Rupert’s Land, British Columbia, Mexico, Alaska, and the Pacific become the next field of claims.
A United States that invests earlier in a professional military can turn the War of 1812 from a failed invasion into a conquest. But conquest does not end history. It creates files, resentment, occupations, habits, borders, and fifty years of delayed consequences waiting for the Civil War to reopen the wound.