A timeline created by S.M. Stirling in which a British officer develops a quasi-automatic gun, misses his early death IOTL, as well as the Loyalists from the American Revolutionary War are settled in South Africa, thereby creating a racist autocratic regime that makes WW2 Germany seem trivial. It is often regarded by most AH fans/writers as a synonym for TL’s that often go into the wayside of darkness and horror. Jared has posted on several occasions within discussions about Decades of Darkness that this TL/book was his inspiration, albeit set in a more realistic tone, although the exact post nor words cannot be provided at this time.

Often times, the Dominion of Draka is shown either holding all of Southern Africa and/or all of Africa.