Novels in The Crosstime Traffic Series
- Gunpowder Empire (2003): The first book in the series, it involves a pair of siblings stranded during a siege of an outpost of a Roman Empire that never fell.
- Curious Notions (2004): The second book in the series is about a teenager and his father who are running an electronics store in San Francisco in a world where Imperial Germany reigns supreme following its victory in World War One.
- In High Places (2005): Takes place in a world where the Black Death killed four-fifths of Europe's population, and the Moors still occupy Spain and southern France, and the Industrial Revolution never happened.
- The Disunited States of America (2006): This book concerns a pair of teenagers, one from the Cross-time civilization, one a native, who meet in a Virginia where the United States fell apart, in a North America torn by war between numerous independent states. The working title for this book was The Untied States of America.
- The Gladiator (2007): This novel is set in a world dominated by the Soviet Union, after it won the Cold War in the late 20th century. In Italy, two teenagers chafe under the deadening rule of communism— until they discover the existence of Crosstime Traffic through a strategy gaming shop which is not as it seems.
- The Valley-Westside War (2008): The sixth book in the series, set in Los Angeles a world in which a nuclear war took place in 1967. LA and the rest of the USA are split into several tiny republics, kingdoms and such, we are told a story of when the Valley invaded the Westside.
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