Eighteen outstanding authors. Sixteen stories of ground warfare that never happened. Throughout the human experience, historians have wondered, “What if?” What if Sherman had fought for the South in the U.S. Civil War? What if Germany had fought to the end in World War I? What if World War III had actually happened? Wonder no more, for these questions, along with many others, are answered within the pages of this book. Told by a variety of award-winning authors, like Sarah Hoyt and Kevin J. Anderson, the 2018 Dragon Award Winners for Alternate History, S.M. Stirling, the 2019 Dragon Award Winner for Alternate History, David Weber, a three-time Dragon Award Winner for Best Military Science Fiction, and Brad R. Torgersen, the winner of the 2019 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction, “Trouble in the Wind,” deals with ground combat that never happened in our world…but easily could have. The third book in the exciting “Phases of Mars” anthology series, there is something for everyone inside! From fighting Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae, to the early death of Napoleon, to scouting the bush in Angola, “Trouble in the Wind” traces a history of ground warfare…that wasn’t. From warfare in Taylor Anderson’s “The Destroyermen” series…to S.M. Stirling’s “Black Chamber,” this book has it, so come aboard and find out “what if” all of these things had changed history…just a little. You’ll be glad you did! Inside you’ll find: The Sting of Fate by William Alan Webb To Save the Republic by Sarah A. Hoyt Here Must We Hold by Rob Howell The Heretic by Monalisa Foster Secondhand Empires by Brad R. Torgersen A Shot Heard ‘Round the World by Kevin J. Anderson & Kevin Ikenberry Marching Through by David Weber To the Rescue by S.M. Stirling The Blubber Battle: The First Falklands Campaign by Joelle Presby & Patrick Doyle Drang Nach Osten by Christopher G. Nuttall Fighting Spirit by Philip S. Bolger An Orderly Withdrawal by Taylor Anderson Mr. Dewey’s Tank Corps by James Young Soldiers of the Republic by Justin Watson Unintended Consequences by Peter Grant Nemo Me Impune Lacessit by Jan Niemczyk