The Darkness Series  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search  The Darkness Series is a series of six
fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove. Though a fantasy the general
history, geography, and combatants are analogs of World War II,
or the "Derlavai War" in this universe.[1] Many of the
characters are also the equivalents of historical people. Magic
and other fantastic beasts, like dragons, are also stand-ins for
World War II technology. Important battles in the series are
also based on famous World War II battles, like the Battle of
Sulingen which is an analog to the Battle of Stalingrad.[2][3]
World of Derlavai[edit]    All nations in the Darkness series
are monarchies with the exception of Kuusamo, in which seven
princes have a hereditary power-sharing arrangement. While by no
means all absolute monarchies, in all of them kings (or princes
in Kuusamo) seem to have the executive power. There are foreign
ministers, but no prime ministers and no cabinets - a foreign
minister evidently