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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Robert Conroy here Get other Alternative History Books here America has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But Japan has only begun to fight … In 1945 history has reached a turning point. A terrible new weapon has been unleashed. Japan has no choice but to surrender. But instead the unthinkable occurs. With their nation burned and shattered Japanese fanatics set in motion a horrifying endgame — their aim: to take America down with them. In Robert Conroy’s brilliantly imagined epic tale of World War II Emperor Hirohito’s capitulation is hijacked by extremists and a weary United States is forced to invade Japan as a last ste click here…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here In the fourth volume of this series–loosely based on events from World Wars I and II–the war for Derlavai builds as the mages of Kuusamo aided by their former rivals from Lagoas work to create a newer form of magic that will change the course of the war.About the AuthorTurtledove was born in Los Angeles California he grew up in nearby Gardena his parents Romanian immigrants first settled in Winnipeg Canada before making their permanent home on the US West Coast. After dropping out during his freshman year at Caltech he attended UCLA where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine his more here…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here “From Harry Turtledove bestselling author and critically acclaimed master of the short story comes a classic collection of science fiction tales and what-if scenarios. In narratives ranging from fantastic to oddly familiar to eerily prescient this compelling volume illustrates Turtledove’s literary skill and unbridled imagination. FORTY COUNTING DOWN: With the help of his time travel software computer genius Justin Kloster returns to the past to stop himself from making a terrible mistake-but all actions have their consequences. THE MALTESE ELEPHANT: A legendary detective find more…..
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    The Sunrise Lands- S.M. Stirling – NEW Book Other S.M. Stirling Books click here Other The Emberverse series or "The Change" click here Paperback – the fourth Book in "The Change" series A mercenary from the Republic of Richland named Ingolf Vogeler arrives in Mackenzie lands in the Willamette River region of Oregon. He is being stalked by soldiers from the Church Universal and Triumphant (known as Cutters) which is located in Paradise Valley Montana and controls parts of Montana and Wyoming. Ingolf arrives in a tavern run by Tom Brannigan and during the night is attacked by these soldiers. As he is attacked Rudi Mackenzie Mathilda Arminger Odard Liu and the twins Ritva a more details…..
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    Get other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here When the Viking lander on the planet Minerva was destroyed sending back one last photo of a strange alien being scientists on Earth were flabbergasted. And so a joint investigation was launched by the United States and the Soviet Union the first long-distance manned space mission and a symbol of the new peace between the two great rivals. Humankind’s first close encounter with extraterrestrials would be history in the making and the two teams were schooled in diplomacy as well as in science. But nothing prepared them for alien war — especially when the Americans and the Soviets found themselves on opposite sides…Abou click here…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here Continuing the alternate-Bronze-Age epic begun inBeyond the Gap: The glaciers came and covered the world with ice. Now they are in retreat. North of the city of Nidaros north of the forest north of the steppes where the nomadic Bizogots hunt a gap has opened in the ice-wall. And down through that gap come the men who call themselves “Rulers.” Their terrifying cavalry rides wooly mammoths. Their bows can shoot arrows farther than those of the southerners. Their wizards wield power that neither the shamans of the Bizogots nor the wizards of Raumsdalian Empire can match a magic t more details…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here 1945: Russian troops have entered Berlin and are engaged in a violent orgy of robbery rape and revenge. Wehrmacht officer Hasso Pemsel a career soldier on the losing end of the greatest war in history flees from a sniper’s bullet finding himself hurled into a mysterious fantastic world of wizards dragons and unicorns. There he allies himself with the blond-haired blue-eyed Lenelli and Velona their goddess in human form offering them his knowledge of warfare and weaponry in their genocidal struggle against a race of diminutive swarthy barbarians known as Grenye. But soon the sa more information…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here Building upon the events of “Hitler’s War ” this new novel explores the lives of simple soldiers and civilians as well as great historic leaders to explore what might have happened had Chamberlain chosen “not” to appease Hitler.About the AuthorTurtledove was born in Los Angeles California he grew up in nearby Gardena his parents Romanian immigrants first settled in Winnipeg Canada before making their permanent home on the US West Coast. After dropping out during his freshman year at Caltech he attended UCLA where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977. His dissertati find out more…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here The glaciers had covered the world with ice. But when a gap opens in the ice-wall the men who call themselves Rulers emerge. “The Golden Shrine” continues the alternate Bronze Age epic begun in “Beyond the Gap.”About the AuthorTurtledove was born in Los Angeles California he grew up in nearby Gardena his parents Romanian immigrants first settled in Winnipeg Canada before making their permanent home on the US West Coast. After dropping out during his freshman year at Caltech he attended UCLA where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977. His dissertation was entitled T more here…..
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    Get other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here Once the great Glacier had enclosed the Raumsdalian Empire. Now it’s broken open and Count Hamnet Thyssen faces a new world as he leads an exploration of the new territory in hopes of finding the legendary Golden Shrine in this sequel to “Beyond the Gap.”About the AuthorTurtledove was born in Los Angeles California he grew up in nearby Gardena his parents Romanian immigrants first settled in Winnipeg Canada before making their permanent home on the US West Coast. After dropping out during his freshman year at Caltech he attended UCLA where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977. His dissertation was entitled T find out more…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Alternative History Books here Russia Communist China Japan Nazi Germany the United States: they began World War II as mortal enemies. But suddenly their only hope for survival – never mind victory – was to unite to stop a mighty foe – one whose frightening technology appeared invincible. Far worse beings than the Nazis were loose. From Warsaw to Moscow to China’s enemy-occupied Forbidden City the nations of the world had been forced into an uneasy alliance since humanity began its struggle against overwhelming odds. In Britain and Germany where the banshee wail of hostile jets screamed across the land caches of once-forbidden weapons wer more…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here Harry Turtledove’s remarkable alternative history novels brilliantly remind us of how fragile the thread of time can be and offer us a world of “what if.” Drawing on a magnificent cast of characters that includes soldiers generals lovers spies and demagogues Turtledove returns to an epic tale that only he could tell-the story of a North American continent separated into two bitterly opposed nations that stands on the verge of exploding once again. In 1914 they called it The Great War and few could imagine anything worse. For nearly three decades a peace forged in blood and fat more…..
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    Get other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here Is it the war to end all wars–or war without end? What began as a conflict in Europe when Germany unleashed a lightning assault on its enemies soon spreads to North America as a long-simmering hatred between two independent nations explodes in bloody combat. Twice in fifty years the Confederate States of America had humiliated their northern neighbor. Now revenge may at last be at hand. Into this vast seething cauldron plunges a new generation of weaponry changing the shape of war and the balance of power. While the Confederate States are distracted by an insurgency of African Americans who dream of establishing their find out more…..
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    The Difference Engine – William Gibson and Bruce Sterling – NEW Book New Paperback Get other William Gibson Books click here It posits a Victorian Britain in which great technological and social change has occurred after entrepreneurial inventor Charles Babbage succeeded in his ambition to build a mechanical computer (actually his analytical engine rather than the difference engine). The novel was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award in 1990 the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1991 and both the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Prix Aurora Award in 1992. The action of the story follows Sybil Gerard a political courtesan and daughter of an executed Luddite leader (she is borro more information…..
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    Get other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here NO ONE COULD STOP THEM– NOT STALIN NOT TOGO NOT CHURCHILL NOT ROOSEVELT . . . The invaders had cut the United States virtually in half at the Mississippi vaporized Washington D.C. devastated much of Europe and held large parts of the Soviet Union under their thumb. But humanity would not give up so easily. The new world allies were ruthless at finding their foe’s weaknesses and exploiting them. Whether delivering supplies in tiny biplanes to partisans across the vast steppes of Russia working furiously to understand the enemy’s captured radar in England or battling house to house on the streets of Chicago humankind wou find out more…..
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    Get other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here “New York Times”-bestselling author Turtledove has intrigued readers with such alternate history titles as “Days of Infamy.” Now in the first of a brand-new trilogy he rewrites the history of the world with the existence of an eighth continent.About the AuthorTurtledove was born in Los Angeles California he grew up in nearby Gardena his parents Romanian immigrants first settled in Winnipeg Canada before making their permanent home on the US West Coast. After dropping out during his freshman year at Caltech he attended UCLA where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977. His dissertation was entitled The Immediat find out more…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here The year is 1915 and the world is convulsing. Though the Confederacy has defeated its northern enemy twice this time the United States has allied with the Kaiser. In the South the freed slaves fueled by Marxist rhetoric and the bitterness of a racist nation take up the weapons of the Red rebellion. Despite these advantages the United States remains pinned between Canada and the Confederate States of America so the bloody conflict continues and grows. Both presidents–Theodore Roosevelt of the Union and staunch Confederate Woodrow Wilson–are stubbornly determined to lead their more details…..
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    Get other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here When the Great War engulfed Europe in 1914 the United States and the Confederate States of America bitter enemies for five decades entered the fray on opposite sides: the United States aligned with the newly strong Germany while the Confederacy joined forces with their longtime allies Britain and France. But it soon became clear to both sides that this fight would be different — that war itself would never be the same again. For this was to be a protracted global conflict waged with new and chillingly efficient innovations — the machine gun the airplane poison gas and trench warfare. Across the Americas the fighting r more here…..
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    Get other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here From a “New York Times” bestselling author–and “the maven of alternate history” (“San Diego Union-Tribune”)–comes the thrilling follow-up to “Days of Infamy.”About the AuthorTurtledove was born in Los Angeles California he grew up in nearby Gardena his parents Romanian immigrants first settled in Winnipeg Canada before making their permanent home on the US West Coast. After dropping out during his freshman year at Caltech he attended UCLA where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977. His dissertation was entitled The Immediate Successors of Justinian: A Study of the Persian Problem and of Continuity and Chan more details…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here In Videssos the city tribune Marcus Scaurus was bored. The legion that had been magically transported to this strange world was far away. But the Emperors niece Alypia was near — and willing. When their secret trysts were betrayed Emperor Thorisin Gavras was forced to condemn Marcus as a traitor — but with a promise of freedom and Alypia if he could reclaim a rebel province from a fanatic usurper with no military aid. With only centurion Gaius Philippus Marcus set out to try the seemingly impossible task. But the fates conspired against them driving them further westward int more details…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here One of today’s most popular writers of SF and fantasy fulfills a lifelong ambition by contributing a novel to the Conan saga. Here is the tale of a young Conan in the year or so before he becomes the wandering adventurer known from Robert E. Howard’s tales.About the AuthorTurtledove was born in Los Angeles California he grew up in nearby Gardena his parents Romanian immigrants first settled in Winnipeg Canada before making their permanent home on the US West Coast. After dropping out during his freshman year at Caltech he attended UCLA where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine hi more…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here Since the Roman legion had been mysteriously transported to this world of magic tribune Marcus Scaurus had served the rulers of war-torn Videssos well. He had been largely responsible for ousting the Pretender and putting Thorish Gavras on the throne. That of course made him a hero. Rome or Videssos however Fortune was a fickle goddess. Now he and the legion were returning in triumph to Videssos the city after defeating a well-entrenched army of rebel mercenaries. But Marcus betrayed by the one closest to him was returning to be seized dragged before the Emperor and questioned find out more…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here “A profoundly thoughtful masterpiece of alternate history.” –Booklist It is 1943 the third summer of the new war between the Confederate States of America and the United States a war that will turn on the deeds of ordinary soldiers extraordinary heroes and a colorful cast of spies politicians rebels and everyday citizens. The CSA president Jake Featherston seems to have greatly miscalculated the North’s resilience. But as new demonic tools of killing are unleashed secret wars are unfolding. The U.S. government in Philadelphia has proof that the tyrannic more…..
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    Get other Fantasy Science Fiction Books hereGet other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here In an alternate Elizabethan England the Queen is imprisoned in the Tower and William Shakespeare must write a play that will incite the citizens to rise against the Spanish monarchy that rules them.About the AuthorTurtledove was born in Los Angeles California he grew up in nearby Gardena his parents Romanian immigrants first settled in Winnipeg Canada before making their permanent home on the US West Coast. After dropping out during his freshman year at Caltech he attended UCLA where he received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history in 1977. His dissertation was entitled The Immediate more details…..
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    Dies the Fire – S.M. Stirling – NEW Book Other S.M. Stirling Books click here Other The Emberverse series or "The Change" click here Paperback – the first Book in "The Change" Dies the Fire chronicles the struggle of two groups who try to survive "The Change" a sudden worldwide event that alters physical laws so that electricity gunpowder and most forms of high-energy-density technology no longer work. As a result modern civilization comes crashing down. Michael Havel a former Marine turned bush pilot is in the air over the Bitterroot mountains in Idaho when The Change occurs on March 17 1998. His passengers are wealthy industrialist Kenneth Larsson Larsson’s wi more here…..
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    Get other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here From the master of alternate history comes an epic of the second Civil War. It was an epoch of glory and success of disaster and despair. . . . 1881: A generation after the South won the Civil War America writhed once more in the bloody throes of battle. Furious over the annexation of key Mexican territory the United States declared total war against the Confederate States of America in 1881. But this was a new kind of war fought on a lawless frontier where the blue and gray battled not only each other but the Apache the outlaw the French and the English. As Confederate General Stonewall Jackson again demonstrated his m extra info…..
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    Get other Harry Turtledove here Get other Alternative History Books here The twentieth century was awash in war. World powers were pouring men and machines onto the killing fields of Europe. Then in one dramatic stroke a divided planet was changed forever. An alien race attacked Earth and for every nation every human being new battle lines were drawn. . HOMEWARD BOUND With his epic novels of alternate history Harry Turtledove shares a stunning vision of what might have been-and what might still be-if one moment in history were changed. In the WorldWar and Colonization series an ancient highly advanced alien species found itself locked in a bitter struggle with a distant rebellious planet-Ear more here…..