false 101520 4 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&#8211;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 fatigue has held sway in North America. Now, Japan dominates the Pacific, the Russian Tsar rules Alaska, and England, under Winston Churchill, chafes for a return to its former glory. But behind the façade of world order, America is a bomb waiting to go off. Jake Featherston, the megalomaniacal leader of the Confederate States of America, is just the man to light the fuse. In the White House in Philadelphia, Socialist President Al Smith is a living symbol of hope for a nation that has been through the fires of war and the flood tides of depression. In the South, Featherston and his ruling Freedom Party have put down a Negro rebellion with a bloody fist and have interned them in concentration camps. Now they are determined to crush their Northern neighbor at any cost. Featherston&#8217;s planes attack Philadelphia without warning. The U.S.A. lashes back blindly at Charleston. And a terrible second coming is at hand. When the CSA blitzkrieg is launched, the U.S.A. is caught flat-footed. Before long, the gray Army reaches Lake Erie. But in its wake the war machine is spinning a vortex of destruction, betrayal, and fury that no one, not even Jake Featherston himself, can control. >Now, President Smith faces a Herculean task, while an obscure assistant secretary of war named Roosevelt rises in his ranks. For the U.S.A., the darkest days still lay ahead. Across the globe, a new era of war has just begun. And in the hands of the incomparable Harry Turtledove, readers are treated to a masterful vision of what might have been. An enduring portrait of history, nations, and human nature in its many manifestations, <i>Return Engagement</i> is a monumental journey into the second half of the twentieth century. 97876 2004 Settling Accounts: Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, Book 1) total:258|5:64|4:101|3:77|2:13|1:3| 258 984 367 20 3 0 false false Wed Mar 18 11:08:47 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 09:55:52 -0700 2009
In the alternate universe Turtledove constructs, the Union and the Confederacy still exist as of 1941. The Civil War (now only known as the War...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 19:02:24 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 19:15:12 -0700 2009
The atrocities that the CSA is committing are at once believable and horrifying. We saw it happen in Germany, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 06:47:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 06:49:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 15:29:50 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 15:35:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 04:51:39 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 14:13:16 -0700 2009
Well, the writing is absolutely terrible: Cliches abound; literary crutches that didn't work a first t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 20:09:23 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 13:59:20 -0700 2008 Timeline-191 series is like a big ol' soap opera. The books jump between dozens of characters, each caught up in their own little stories, which together make up a larger tale. I was impressed by the format in the first volume that I read of this series, now it seems like...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 22:04:20 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 18:34:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Sep 20 22:52:53 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 22:57:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 12:54:02 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 12:57:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 30 22:52:04 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 22:54:08 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 09:02:02 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 21:05:53 -0700 2009
FINALLY finished this loser of a book. What is my problem? Why don't I stop when I know the b...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 13:40:02 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 11:35:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 05:10:22 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 17:21:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 11:29:55 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 14:37:06 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:29:55 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 07:31:11 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 04 06:46:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 16 21:36:54 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 15:08:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 21:36:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 29 07:37:06 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 13:50:58 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Apr 29 13:48:38 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 17:11:52 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Mar 26 22:46:09 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 20:10:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 16 13:09:31 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 13:10:07 -0700 2008