Bedford, Indiana: JoNa Books, (1998). SIGNED first edition - An uncommon alternate history, a collection of nine interrelated stories. Lisa DuMond in her review for the SF Site describes it as "a wholly original piece of art. The concept sounds familiar and predictable. Assume that Japan was the big 'winner' in the second World War. Instead of weighing itself down with Germany and Italy, Japan fought alone and built an empire in the Pacific. That's your typical what if? scenario, right? Forget it. Everything, after you turn to the first page, is going to be a surprise. And a good one. Its chronicle of the next 50 years is a subtle backdrop to the lives of the complex characters of the cast. As the years pass, and the world develops in a way we never experienced, their lives intertwine in ways impossible to predict. The family trees of the Shimazos, the Asanos, the Glasgows, and the rest wander and ramble and intersect in a mesmerizing tapestry. There is more behind the traditional roles of traditional Japanese than anyone has suspected. From the poorest soldiers to the most powerful Barons and Counts, they have flaws and strengths and behave in the most astonishing ways. They simply refuse to fit into the neat little niches society has prepared for them. . . the machinations that take place are crafty and brilliant and, ultimately, quite satisfying.. a tight, little package of prose that is heads above other alternate histories and a joy forever." INSCRIBED on the title page. 197 pp. ISBN: 0-965792919.