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Gunpowder Empire (Crosstime Traffic)

by Harry Turtledove

Jeremy Solter is a teenager growing up in the late 21st century. During the school year, his family lives in Southern California-but during the summer the whole family lives and works in the city of Polisso, on the frontier of the Roman Empire. Not the Roman Empire that fell centuries ago, but a Roman Empire that never fell. For we now have the technology to move between timelines, and to exploit the untapped... (more)

The Peshawar Lancers

by S. M. Stirling

S.M. Stirling's acclaimed hardcover debut-and a top ten Locus bestseller for two months- The Peshawar Lancers takes readers to an alternate 21st century earth, where boats still run on steam, messages are exchanged by telegraph, and the British Empire controls much of the world from India. But the Czar of all Russias is preparing for global conquest...

Time Enough For Love

by Robert A. Heinlein

Sure, there's time enough for love...but who has time enough to get through 281/2 hours of a novel as dull as this? It opens 22 centuries in the future, when the ruler of a remote colony planet tries to keep 2000-year-old Lazarus Long from committing suicide before he passes on what he has learned. What follows is a very talky book, comprised mostly of Long's reminiscences. Curious about his possible blood... (more)

The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic)

The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic)

by Harry Turtledove

Time travel doesn't work. You can't go backward or forward; you're stuck at "now". What you can do is travel sideways, to the same "now" in another timeline where history turned out differently. So far, only our home timeline has figured out how to do that. We use it to conduct discreet trading operations in less advanced timelines, selling goods just a little bit better than the locals can make. It's... (more)

The Grapple (Settling Accounts Trilogy, Book 3)

The Grapple (Settling Accounts Trilogy, Book 3)

by Harry Turtledove

“A profoundly thoughtful masterpiece of alternate history.” –Booklist It is 1943, the third summer of the new war between the Confederate States of America and the United States, a war that will turn on the deeds of ordinary soldiers, extraordinary heroes, and a colorful cast of spies, politicians, rebels, and everyday citizens. The CSA president, Jake Featherston, seems to have greatly miscalculated the North’s... (more)

Ruled Britannia

by Harry Turtledove

The New York Times bestselling author turns his talent for alternate history to Elizabethan England-transformed by Spanish conquerers-where the question "Is England to be or not to be?" can only be answered by a man named William Shakespeare. "Nobody plays the what-if game better than Harry Turtledove." ( Publishers Weekly )

Days of Infamy

by Harry Turtledove

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched an attack against United States naval forces stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. But what if the Japanese followed up their air assault with an invasion and occupation of Hawaii? With American military forces subjugated and civilians living in fear of their conquerors, there is no one to stop the Japanese from using the islands' resources to launch an offensive against... (more)

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

by Harry Turtledove

In the twenty-first century, Germany's Third Reich continues to thrive after its victory in World War II-keeping most of Europe and North America under its heel. But within the heart of the Nazi regime, a secret lives. Under a perfect Aryan facade, Jews survive-living their lives, raising their families, and fearing discovery...

Small Change: Book 1

Farthing

by Jo Walton

One summer weekend in 1949—but not our 1949—the well-connected “Farthing set”, a group of upper-crust English families, enjoy a country retreat. Lucy is a minor daughter in one of those families; her parents were both leading figures in the group that overthrew Churchill and negotiated peace with Herr Hitler eight years before. Despite her parents’ evident disapproval, Lucy is married—happily—to a London Jew. It... (more)

1901

by Robert Conroy

The year is 1901. Germany’s navy is the second largest in the world; their army, the most powerful. But with the exception of a small piece of Africa and a few minor islands in the Pacific, Germany is without an empire. Kaiser Wilhelm II demands that the United States surrender its newly acquired territories: Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. President McKinley indignantly refuses, so with the honor... (more)

Emberverse: Book 4

The Sunrise Lands

by S. M. Stirling

A generation has passed since The Change that rendered technology inoperable around the world, and western Oregon has finally achieved a degree of peace. But a new threat has risen in Paradise Valley, Wyoming. A man known as The Prophet presides over the Church Universal and Triumphant, teaching his followers to continue God's work by destroying the remnants of technological civilization they encounter-and those... (more)

Breakthroughs :Great War 3

by Harry Turtledove

Is it the war to end all wars--or war without end? What began as a conflict in Europe, when Germany unleashed a lightning assault on its enemies, soon spreads to North America, as a long-simmering hatred between two independent nations explodes in bloody combat. Twice in fifty years the Confederate States of America had humiliated their northern neighbor. Now revenge may at last be at hand. Into this vast,... (more)

Departures

by Harry Turtledove

A collection of twenty alternate-history stories features the tale of Persia's conquering of Greece, a werewolf boy tearing through the streets of medieval Cologne, and a retired Confederate captain back on a Civil War battlefield.

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

Pastwatch: Book 1

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

by Orson Scott Card

In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing.

Alternate Gettysburgs

by Various

Gettysburg is one of the most crucial battles in American history. But what if it had turned out differently? In this collection, today's most popular writers of alternate history look at that question. Featuring: Brendan DuBois William H. Keith, Jr. William Forstchen Harold Coyle Doug Allyn James Reasoner Jake Foster Robert J. Randisi Jim DeFelice Simon Hawke Denise Little Kristine... (more)

The Gryphon's Skull (Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure)

The Gryphon's Skull (Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure)

by H. N. Turteltaub

In the tradition of Steven Pressfield and Mary Renault, a seafaring novel of the ancient Greeks The vast tapestry of the Hellenic world unfolds in this stirring tale of two traders from the island of Rhodes, who range across the wind-blown face of the beautiful and treacherous Mediterranean in search of adventure and profits. In Over the Wine-dark Sea , H. N. Turteltaub transported his readers to the year 310... (more)

Settling Accounts In at the Death

by Harry Turtledove

Franklin Roosevelt is the assistant secretary of defense. Thomas Dewey is running for president with a blunt-speaking Missourian named Harry Truman at his side. Britain holds onto its desperate alliance with the USA’s worst enemy, while a holocaust unfolds in Texas. In Harry Turtledove’s compelling, disturbing, and extraordinarily vivid reshaping of American history, a war of secession has triggered a generation... (more)

Alternate Generals

by Harry Turtledove

Military history--with a new cast of characters! Authors include multiple-Nebula-Award-winning Esther Friesner, Hugo-winner Harry Turtledove, Elizabeth Moon, David Weber, S.M. Stirling, and many more.

Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana

Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana

by Tee Morris

In a time when a kingdom hangs in the balance, her most trusted ally is a pirate from a far-off land… Across a mysterious rift in the space-time continuum exists a world called Naruihm. In this world is a realm called Morevi, a landlocked kingdom ruled by Askana Moldarin, crowned "First Queen" following a swift and bloody rise to the Throne of a Thousand Suns. Yet hidden traitors are already at work to... (more)

Down in the Bottomlands (And Other Places)

Down in the Bottomlands (And Other Places)

by Harry Turtledove

In our world, the Mediterranean basin has dried up several times, only to refill. If it hadn't, it would have become a savage desert. But in his world, that's just the way mild-mannered Radnal vez Krobir likes it.

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