read it here if you're a member of AH.com. Written by User:Analytical Engine and hosted on Alternate History Dot Com Her Diamond Heart is loosely based on The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling (and completely unautorised by said author). Though it shares the book's point of divergence - a meteor shower bombarding the Northern Hemisphere in 1878 - the differences between the two start building up almost immediately. One particular difference is the survival of the United States of America and certain parts of Europe.