This, part two of th trilogy, is set some months after the events of part one. Set during World War Two The cultural differences between the Allies and theMultinational taskf orce from our near future stranded there is becomeing more and more apparent to both sided. and social stress is becoming a real problem. Amongst others Hoover of the FBI is gunning for the uptimers.[return]The plot moves along nicely, there is plenty of action and good background reasearch. Stalin it seems is not happy at the predicted. fall of Communism and the Axis use this to get the Russians to change sides. unsupriseingly the missing ships of the Task force start showing up in the enemies hand.[return][return]however the writing does struggles to be competent at times. with poor or hackneyed turns of phrase, for example at one point someone was blown to his feet and The characters continue puppet like to do exactly what John Birmingham tells them. At one point beyond all reason Churchill carefully explains to a group of British officers that the reason Britain must not be occupied by the Germans is because this would deny Americans a foothold in europe!