Cover of The Treaty of Ruins: The Fourth Proof by Adler Tweed, Volume IV of Proofs of Empire.

Proofs of Empire, Volume IV

The Treaty of Ruins

The Fourth Proof

War turns into settlement, and settlement reveals itself as another instrument of power.

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Author
Adler Tweed
Publisher
House Hippo Press
Status
KDP setup ready / Amazon link pending
Release
Amazon link pending
Genre
Alternate history; historical fiction
Price
USD $0.99 target. As low as Amazon lets this Kindle eBook go in the U.S. when live.
Kindle Unlimited
Planned through Kindle Unlimited
eBook ISBN
978-1-997004-39-4
Paperback ISBN
TBA
ASIN
TBA

Synopsis

The Treaty of Ruins begins where lesser war stories might stop. Gunfire fades, but peace arrives through prisoner lists, port clauses, debt ledgers, amnesty terms, language guarantees, property claims, and treaty sentences that decide whose wounds become official. Power has not gone quiet. It has learned to write more carefully.

What kind of book is this?

Alternate-history fiction in the Atlas of Empire universe, built around roads, records, institutions, war, memory, and the long afterlife of political choices.