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The Peshawar Lancers

The Peshawar Lancers

by S. M. Stirling

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appears in Alternate History, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.

A DIFFERENT PAST... A spray of comets freezes human progress in the 1870s. A STRANGE PRESENT... Now the British Empire and All the Russias each rule half the world. A DANGEROUS FUTURE... Everyone predicts a showdownbut no one can predict the role that one man, spy and hero, double and triple agent, will play......

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appears in Alternate History, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.

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