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Look to the West is an alternate-history series that eschews the small-scale format of such authors as Eric Flint and Harry Turtledove. Instead, like For Want of a Nail and The Shape of Things to Come, it takes the form of a series of excerpts from history textbooks that were written in the alternate timeline. Therefore, each book is capable of spanning multiple decades and multiple continents, rather than progressing at a snail's pace through just a few months as seen through the eyes of a handful of viewpoint characters.
Books 1 through 5 are available for standalone purchase. The author writes on the AlternateHistory.com forum, where Book 9 is in progress.
I just read the first book and it was great, just up my alley. The only problem is that there are a lot of things that really demonstrate it's a product of serial writing on AH.com, such as chapters being ended with ellipsis...
I think I'll hold on a bit with the others since I have a lot of work for the coming week and just plowing through all the current books will get me sidetracked.
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