Faultline 49 is an alternate history by fictional personality David Danson that re-imagines Canada, marred by American military checkpoints, re-contextualized 9/11 attacks, rubble, and riots. The story follows an American reporter through US-occupied Canada, and depicts his metamorphosis from a petulant talking head into a hunted revolutionary. It was published in 2012. David Danson is a fictional personality. The actual author is Joe MacKinnon. David Danson was used to advance the simulacra.