Harry Turtledove
From Book 1:, ,â€œ[Harry Turtledove] handles his huge cast with admirable skill. The insights into racial politics elevate this novel to a status above mere entertainment, although it provides that aplenty.â€â€”,Publishers Weekly ,Itâ€™s 1941, and an alliance of peace holds in check the most powerful nations of the worldâ€”but it is an uneasy peace. Japan dominates the Pacific, the Russian tsar rules Alaska, and England, under Winston Churchill, chafes for a return to its former glory. ,Behind this faÃ§ade of world order, America is a bomb waiting to explode. Jake Featherston, the megalomaniacal leader of the Confederate States of America, is just the man to light the fuse. Opposite him is Al Smith, a Socialist U.S. president in the Philadelphia White House. Smith is a living symbol of hope for a nation that has been through the hell of war and depression. ,Featherston and his Freedom Party are determined to conquer their Northern neighbor at any cost. After crushing a Negro rebellion in his own nation, Featherston sends Confederate army planes to attack Philadelphia. In the aftermath of the CSA blitzkrieg, the war machine spins a vortex of destruction, betrayal, and fury that no oneâ€”not even Jake Featherston himselfâ€”can control. ,â€œTurtledove plays heady games with actual history, scattering object lessons and bitter ironies along the way. [,Return Engagement, features] strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background.â€â€”,Kirkus Reviews ,â€œAnother absorbing installment of [Turtledoveâ€™s] character-centered alternate-history saga.â€â€”,Booklist
Science Fiction,Alternate History,Fiction,Science Fiction,Historical,Historical Fiction,Fantasy,War,War,Military Fiction,Science Fiction Fantasy,War,World War II,Speculative Fiction
Return Engagement