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  Opening Atlantis

  by Harry Turtledove

  New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove has intrigued readers with such thought-provoking "what if..." scenarios as a conquered Elizabethan England in Ruled Britannia and a Japanese occupation of Hawaii in Days of Infamy and End of the Beginning . Now, in the first of a brand-new trilogy, he rewrites the history of the world with the existence of an eighth continent... Atlantis lies between... (more)
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  Tilting the Balance

  by Harry Turtledove

  NO ONE COULD STOP THEM-- NOT STALIN, NOT TOGO, NOT CHURCHILL, NOT ROOSEVELT . . . The invaders had cut the United States virtually in half at the Mississippi, vaporized Washington, D.C., devastated much of Europe, and held large parts of the Soviet Union under their thumb. But humanity would not give up so easily. The new world allies were ruthless at finding their foe's weaknesses and exploiting them. Whether... (more)
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  Worldwar: Book 1

  In the Balance

  An Alternate History of the Second World War

  by Harry Turtledove

  From Pearl Harbor to panzers rolling through Paris to the Siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Midway, war seethed across the planet as the flames of destruction rose higher and hotter. And then, suddenly, the real enemy came. The invaders seemed unstoppable, their technology far beyond human reach. And never before had men been more divided. For Jew to unite with Nazi, American with Japanese, and Russian with... (more)
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  Harry Turtledove's The Great War: Book 1

  American Front

  by Harry Turtledove

  When the Great War engulfed Europe in 1914, the United States and the Confederate States of America, bitter enemies for five decades, entered the fray on opposite sides: the United States aligned with the newly strong Germany, while the Confederacy joined forces with their longtime allies, Britain and France. But it soon became clear to both sides that this fight would be different--that war itself would never be... (more)
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  Alternate Generals: Book 1

  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.
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  Videssos Cycle: Book 1

  The Misplaced Legion

  by Harry Turtledove

  As they faced one another in a duel of survival, the Roman tribune Marcus Scaurus held the spell-scribed sword of a Druid priest, and the Celtic chieftain Viridovix held a similar sword, bespelled by a rival Druid sorcerer. At the moment they touched, the two found themselves under a strange night sky where no stars were familiar and where Gaul and Rome were unknown. They were in an outpost of the embattled Empire... (more)
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  Opening of the World: Book 1

  Beyond the Gap

  by Harry Turtledove

  Count Hamnet Thyssen is a minor noble of the drowsy old Raumsdalian Empire. Its capital city, Nidaros, began as a mammoth hunters’ camp at the edge of the great Glacier. But that was centuries ago, and as everyone knows, it’s the nature of the great Glacier to withdraw a few feet every year. Now Nidaros is an old and many-spired city; and though they still feel the breath of the great Glacier in every winter’s... (more)
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  Marching Through Peachtree

  by Harry Turtledove

  A terrible civil war was tearing apart the kingdom of Detina, a land which could no longer be half serf and half free. Thraxton the idiot had been relieved of command; which meant that the south faced a far more competent general: Joseph the Gamecock. And Joseph and his troops, with their deadly repeating crossbows and wizards wielding sorcerous lightning, were determined to hold Peachtree Province against the... (more)
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  Down in the Bottomlands (And Other Places)

  by Harry Turtledove, L. Sprague de Camp

  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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  Noninterference

  by Harry Turtledove

  Some edge wear, front and back covers have a spine edge crease, but spine has no creasing. Inside front page has a store stamp. No marks other marks than stated, clean and tight. Ships very quickly and packaged carefully!
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  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.
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  Harry Turtledove's The Great War: Book 3

  Breakthroughs

  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)
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  The Guns of the South

  by Harry Turtledove

  Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equipped. The battle of Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle; its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantities to the... (more)
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  Settling Accounts Trilogy: Book 1

  Return Engagement

  by Harry Turtledove

  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–the story of a North American continent, separated into two bitterly opposed nations, that... (more)
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  Tosev Worldwar: Book 3

  Upsetting the Balance (Worldwar Series, Volume 3)

  by Harry Turtledove

  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 a mighty foe--one whose frightening technology appeared invincible. Far worse beings than the Nazis were loose. From Warsaw to Moscow to China's enemy-occupied Forbidden City, the nations of the world had been forced into an uneasy... (more)
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  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 )
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  Fort Pillow: A Novel of the Civil War

  by Harry Turtledove

  In April 1864, the Union garrison at Fort Pillow was comprised of almost six hundred troops, about half of them black.  The Confederacy, incensed by what it saw as a crime against nature, sent its fiercest cavalry commander, Nathan Bedford Forrest, to attack the fort with about 1,500 men.  The Confederates overran the fort and drove the Federals into a deadly crossfire.  Only sixty-two of the U.S. colored troops... (more)
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  Counting Up, Counting Down

  by Harry Turtledove

  From Harry Turtledove, bestselling author and critically acclaimed master of the short story, comes a classic collection of science fiction tales and what-if scenarios. In narratives ranging from fantastic to oddly familiar to eerily prescient, this compelling volume illustrates Turtledove’s literary skill and unbridled imagination. FORTY, COUNTING DOWN: With the help of his time travel software, computer... (more)
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  Kaleidoscope

  by Harry Turtledove

  In an aptly titled collection, the author of A Different Flesh offers 13 entertaining and highly varied tales, mingling SF with fantasy and mainstream fiction. "A Difficult Undertaking," set in the Empire of Videssos depicted in four earlier Turtledove novels, shows a commander under siege outwitting his enemy with cunning and dead pigeons. "Gentlemen of the Shade" are refined Victorian vampires who exact a heavy... (more)
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  Videssos Cycle: Book 3

  The Legion of Videssos

  by Harry Turtledove

  Since the Roman legion had been mysteriously transported to this world of magic, tribune Marcus Scaurus had served the rulers of war-torn Videssos well. He had been largely responsible for ousting the Pretender and putting Thorish Gavras on the throne. That, of course, made him a hero. Rome or Videssos, however, Fortune was a fickle goddess. Now he and the legion were returning in triumph to Videssos the city... (more)