At the suggestion of a friend of mine who knows my affinity for alternate history – a genre that takes a pivotal point in history and supposes what would have happened if […]
Harry Turtledove is perhaps the most prolific author in the genre known as alternate history. This is where an author takes a moment in history and wonders what if something happened a […]
In the year 2040, the United States is but a mere fraction of the world power it once was. Instead of global warming, a series of volcanic eruptions have caused the earth […]
Harry Turtledove has taken the Second World War and masterfully translated it into a fantasy world of dragons and behemoths; of ley lines and magic; of sticks and eggs which release sorcerous […]
The fifth book in author Harry Turtledove’s The World at War series is probably the most personal. Jaws of Darkness takes the characters we’ve followed all throughout the story Turtledove has been […]
In the fourth book in the series, author Turtledove shows the tide of battle turning. He’s taken the Second World War and translated it into a fantasy setting in the fictional world […]
A world much different from our own – and at the same time quite similar – explodes into war. The country of Algarve easily conquers Forthweg, Jelgava, and Valmiera. As they begin […]
I’ve never been a fantasy reader before now. The closest I’ve ever come before I picked up this novel is when A Wrinkle in Time was required reading in sixth grade. But […]
It’s hard sometimes to go back and review a book from a series when you’ve already read some of the books that follow it. It’s not just a matter of knowing what […]
Alternate History is a genre in which the author takes a particular point in history and asks what if something different had happened? In this case, author Harry Turtledove has built several […]
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