As the armies of the world implode, the next chapter will be written by the survivors-those willing to rise up for an uncertain future. In the masterly hands of Harry Turtledove, this epic chronicle of war becomes a story of human struggle. These staggering events unfold through the eyes of a sprawling cast of characters: a Holocaust survivor in a displaced persons camp in Washington the wife of a bomber pilot and her five-year-old daughter starting a new existence a savage Soviet fighter waging war by his own rules a British pub owner falling in love with an American pilot. When the United States drops another series of bombs to slow the Russian advance in Europe, Stalin strikes back-with horrifying results. With Great Britain ravaged and swaths of America in ruins, leaders are running out of options. Meanwhile, Europe’s weak sisters, France and Italy, seem poised to choose the winning side, while China threatens to overrun Korea. It’s a daring gambit, but the Soviets have one of their own. President is focused elsewhere, planning to cut off the head of the Soviet threat by taking out Stalin. At the heart of Fallout are Harry Truman and Josef Stalin.Įven as Joe McCarthy rises in power, the U.S. And there’s no telling what fresh hell will come next. Germans battle side by side with Americans, Polish freedom fighters next to Russian fascists. The Cold War turns hot-and the United States and the Soviet Union unleash their nuclear arsenals upon each other. In this astounding new series, the unthinkable has come to pass. “Turtledove is the standard-bearer for alternate history.”- USA Today The novels of Harry Turtledove show history balancing on single moments: One act of folly.
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