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Harry Turtledove
Bestselling author Turtledove turns his attention to an epic battle that pits three Roman legions against Teutonic barbarians in a thrilling novel of Ancient Rome.
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In a world dominated by magic, the sudden death of the Duke of Bari leads to international conflict as the nation of Algarve seeks to annex his country, while the…
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In this first alternate history novel of the sequel series to the acclaimed Worldwar saga, the space race is in its infancy in the 1960s and Earth faces alien colonization…
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The reigning master of alternate history pens this spectacular finale to this story that began in the bestselling Worldwar series and continued in the explosive Colonization trilogy.
Set in an alternate history, the War to end all Wars breaks out in Europe in 1914, and spreads to North America, as a long-simmering hatred between the Confederate States…
In 1883, the United States, still smarting from its defeat at the hands of the Confederacy, returns to the battlefields, with the Apache, outlaw gangs, and European forces becoming involved…
From the modern master of alternate history, a novel of alien contact set in the tumultuous year of 1974, Watergate scandal and all.
In the second book of his Settling Accounts trilogy, Turtledove returns to the story of a North American continent, separated into two bitterly opposed nations, that stands on the verge…
New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove reveals a new side of his potent imagination in a gripping speculative novel about the End of Days-and a discovery in the Middle…
At the height of World War II, lizard-like extraterrestrials arrive on Earth determined to conquer the planet, and American, British, German, and Russian forces begin fighting a whole new battle.
The dazzling story of a boy who rises from poverty and hardship to become the greatest leader his world has ever known
KRISPOS RISING Born a ragged peasant, Krispos lives…
Turtledove is a Hugo Award-winning and critically acclaimed writer whose novel Every Inch a King is heralded for Rmanag[ing] the difficult feat of telling a story that is consistently funny–and…
A novel of a world dominated by a prosperous and democratic Middle East–and under threat from the world’s worst trouble spot–[Europe] –Jacket flap.
Short fiction, plus three essays, by the New York Times-bestselling author-including a Hugo Award-winning novella.
Harry Turtledove earned the title master of alternate history from Publishers Weekly for his thought-provoking…
Fast moving adventure in a parallel universe by the author of the ‘Case of the Toxic Spell Dump’.
An extraordinary novel of an alternate America by the author of The Guns of the South. Can it be called slavery if the slaves are ape-men, little more than animals…
The third book of the acclaimed series that began with Into the Darkness and Darkness Descending. On a world where magic works, the war is no longer confined to soldiers…
This new novel of the Crosstime Traffic series follows Gunpowder Empire and is set in 21st-century San Francisco, a parallel world where the Kaiser’s Germany won World War I and…
In the fourth volume of this series–loosely based on events from World Wars I and II–the war for Derlavai builds as the mages of Kuusamo, aided by their former rivals…
Since the Big Bubble popped in 1929, life in the United States hasn’t been the same. Hotshot wizards will tell you nothing’s really changed, but then again, hotshot wizards aren’t…
Presents a collection of what if stories that offer an alternate version of actual historical events in an anthology with works by Kim Stanley Robinson, Greg Bear, Ward Moore, Gregory…
In this extraordinary World War II alternate history, master storyteller Turtledove begins with a big switch: What if Neville Chamberlain, instead of appeasing Hitler, had stood up to him in…
The master of alternative history asks the question, ‘What would have happened if World War II had started in 1938?’. The results are thrilling.
President Herbert Hoover has failed America. The American people hope one of the potential Democratic candidates-New York governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and California congressman Joe Steele-can get the nation on…
An alternate history account of the Korean War is set in the aftermath of General MacArthur’s decision to drop nuclear bombs on Manchurian cities.
The novels of Harry Turtledove show history balancing on single moments: One act of folly. One poor decision. One moment of rage. In his astounding new series, the unthinkable has…
Set in an alternate 1950s in which General MacArthur ignites a nuclear war that nearly destroys the planet. The third and final installment in the series that began with Bombs…
An English translation of the Anni mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602-813), a primary source for the history of medieval Byzantium, with introduction and notes.
Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper, the scholarly Sostratos, are sea-traders from the Greek island of Rhodes. Fearless sailors, they will travel any distance to make a…
Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper (and cousin), the scholarly Sostratos, are back in a new adventure. xxx Soon after their successful return to Rhodes the two…
Another solid entry in an entertaining series. -BooklistGood pacing, a light touch, and a genuine feel for the period. -Kirkus Reviews
Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his…
A New York Times -bestselling author and master of alternate history delivers the fourth novel in his Crosstime Traffic dystopian series, in which Virginia is at war with Ohio.
Once the great Glacier had enclosed the Raumsdalian Empire. Now it’s broken open, and Count Hamnet Thyssen faces a new world as he leads an exploration of the new territory…
Harry Turtledove,Rachel Turtledove
Is traveling on The Train a means to an end, a way to complete one’s journey? Or is The Train the destination itself, rolling endlessly through realms both magical and…
