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Harry Turtledove
Rudolf Sebestyen is missing, and Marianne Smalls is involved in an illicit affair with the shady Jonas Schmitt. Both cases converge when Dora Urban, Rudolf's beautiful and mysterious half-sister, and…
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In 1941, a treaty between England and Germany unravels–and so does a different World War II. In Turtledove’s mesmerizing alternate history of World War II, the choices of men and…
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Assaph Mehr
The Fast and the Furies: A tale of Chariot Races, Politics, and Mysteries - both Womanly and Occult!
What starts as a curse on the people's sacred institution of chariot…
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1945: Russian troops have entered Berlin, and are engaged in a violent orgy of robbery, rape, and revenge! Wehrmacht officer Hasso Pemsel, a career soldier on the losing end of…
A conclusion to the landmark World War II series explores the lives of everyday soldiers and civilians as well as historic leaders to consider the fallout of Chamberlain’s alternate-world decision…
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Owls to Athens demonstrates Turteltaub’s excellent research skills … an entertaining and intelligent story -SF SiteScholar and bestselling author Turteltaub], encapsulates his vision of the ancient world through the…
Drawing on a magnificent cast of characters that includes soldiers, generals, lovers, spies, and demagogues, this is an epic tale of North America, separated into two bitterly opposed nations standing…
What would happen if the Earth had been invaded by aliens at the height of World War II? This is the third volume of the Worldwar saga, which continues with…
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Owls to Athens demonstrates Turteltaub’s excellent research skills … an entertaining and intelligent story -SF SiteScholar and bestselling author [Turteltaub], encapsulates his vision of the ancient world through the…
The stunning sequel to How Few Remain –and the start of a thrilling new series by the master of Alternate History. When WWI engulfs Europe, the United States and the…
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…
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…
The leading author of alternative history ( USA Today ) pens book two of the epic saga of a divided America fighting World War I on its home soil in…
From a New York Times bestselling author–and the maven of alternate history ( San Diego Union-Tribune )–comes the thrilling follow-up to Days of Infamy.
New York Times -bestselling author Turtledove has intrigued readers with such alternate history titles as Days of Infamy. Now, in the first of a brand-new trilogy, he rewrites the history…
England has driven the French from Atlantis, giving King George leave to tighten his control over the colonies. As leader of the revolutionaries, Victor Radcliff will make the English pay…
The master of alternate history ( Library Journal ) continues his epic tale of Atlantis. Frederick Radcliff, a descendent of the founding father of Atlantis, is now a slave unable…
This one-of-a-kind collection from incomparable, New York Times -bestselling author Turtledove includes 12 amazing stories of ancient eras, historical figures, mysterious events, and out-of-this-world adventure.
Marcus Scaurus, leader of a Roman legion mysteriously transported to a world of magic, defeats an army of rebel mercenaries and returns to the city of Videssos, only to encounter…
Promised the hand of Alypia if he can reclaim a rebel province, tribune Marcus Scaurus faces the strange powers of an evil wizard.
Driven by crushing taxes from the farm where his family had lived and died, Krispos had come to Videssos with a single goldpiece to his name, little dreaming that it…
This first novel in a new alternate history trilogy begins after World War I. An uneasy peace reigns, but hatred continues to simmer between Canadian nationalists, who resist the colonial…
In the momentous conclusion of the alternate history American Empire trilogy, the Confederacy, under president Jake Featherston, leader of the fascist Freedom Party, ignites old hatreds and suffering in the…
In narratives ranging from fantastic to familiar to eerily prescient, this compelling volume contains 17 diverse and exciting tales of science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history, illustrating Turtledove’s literary skill…
The classic fantasy series from one of alternative-history’s stalwarts (The New Yorker) continues in the adventure of a lifetime.
Harry Turtledove’s brilliant re-imaginings of major world events have thrilled fans…
The New York Times bestselling master of alternative history presents a 21st century in which Germany’s Third Reich continues to thrive after its victory in World War II. But within…
It’s 1974, and Jerry Stieglitz is a grad student in marine biology at UCLA with a side gig selling short stories to science fiction magazines, just weeks away from marrying…
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An alternate World War II story considers what might have happened if Chamberlain had chosen not to appease Hitler, if the Germans had fought with England and France to defeat…
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…
all will be impressed by Turtledove’s immersive ancient world. - Publishers Weekly A new novel by one of the most acclaimed writers of alternate history in the world; a New…
In the second book of this acclaimed trilogy, the Socialists battle Calvin Coolidge to hold on to the Powell House in Philadelphia. The Freedom Party promises new strength but if…
In this latest novel in the Crosstime Traffic series, a race is on to discover what destroyed a world and what on Earth, or on the many Earths, went wrong.
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.
In the aftermath of the supervolcano’s eruption in Yellowstone Park, North America is covered in ash. Farmlands cannot produce food. Machinery has been rendered useless. Cities are no longer habitable…
A novel that reveals the human face of war while simultaneously riding the twists and turns that make up the great acts of history, Hitler’s War is the beginning of…
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…
In 1942, two nations switch sides-and World War II takes a horrifying new course.
In the…
2024 Nominee for Sidewise Award. The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.
A terrifying tale…
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…
Russia, Communist China, Japan, Nazi Germany, the United States: they began World War II as mortal enemies. But suddenly their only hope for survival-never mind victory-was to unite to stop…
What would happen if the Earth had been invaded by aliens at the height of World War II? This is the fourth and final volume of the Worldwar saga, which…
The undisputed master of alternate history brings to a climactic conclusion his monumental, acclaimed drama of a nation’s tragedy and the men and women who play their roles–with valor, fear…
The war between humans halted as the great military powers scrambled to meet an even deadlier foe. Already, Berlin and Washington had been wiped out and the US and the…
