The Rivers of War is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Copyright © 2005 by Eric Flint

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Del Rey Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Flint, Eric.

The rivers of war / Eric Flint.—1st ed.

        p. cm.

eISBN 0-345-48460-6

      1. United States—History—War of 1812—Fiction.  2. Cherokee Indians—Relocation—Fiction.  3. Jackson, Andrew, 1767–1845—Fiction.  4. Trail of Tears, 1838—Fiction.  I. Title.

PS3556.L548R57  2005

813'.54—dc22            2004065664