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BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR

The Guns Of The South
Title: The Guns Of The South
Description:
In a speculative work of historical fiction, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, provides the losing General Robert E. Lee and his army with an unlimited quantity of AK-47s, which will assure their victory. Reprint.
Into The Darkness (darkness 1)
Title: Into The Darkness (darkness 1)
Description:
The death of a duke leads to bloody war, as the King of Algarve moves swiftly to reclaim the duchy which was lost during a previous conflict. But country after country is pulled into the war, as ancient allies reassert themselves and a hatred of difference escalates into rabid nationalism.
Worldwar: Striking The Balance
Title: Worldwar: Striking The Balance
Description:
Alien beings invade the Earth in the middle of World War II, forcing Allied and Axis powers to cease their own fight and unite against this new enemy. As the aliens unleash nuclear weapons, humans resort to guerilla warfare, but is it necessary to destroy the Earth in order to save it?
The Great War: American Front (the Great War)
Title: The Great War: American Front (the Great War)
Description:
The first of a four-book series on the first global conflict. The US decides to support Germany, whilst the Confederacy falls in with her old allies, France and Britain. America becomes the new battleground for their old antagonisms. Once again brother fights brother, friend fights friend. About the Author Harry Turtledove has lived in Southern California all his life He has a Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Los Angeles and has taught at UCLA, California State Fullerton and California State University, Los Angeles. He has written many works of speculative fiction and fantasy. He is married to the novelist Laura Frankos and they have three daughters.
Worldwar: Tilting The Balance
Title: Worldwar: Tilting The Balance
Description:
The second volume in the "WorldWar" series about alien invasion during World War II. This instalment finds the aliens advancing against Earth's cities, learning that the people of this "backward planet" are in fact highly adaptable. The story is full of the tragedy of everyday life in wartime.
Blood And Iron (american Empire)
Title: Blood And Iron (american Empire)
Description:
The United States, led by Theodore Roosevelt, swings wildly towards socialism. In Canada - now a US colony - nationalist terrorists strike against the new American oppressors. But it is in the Confederacy, trapped in a ruinous economic depression, where fascism begins to spread, and the fires are fanned by a charismatic leader who may again plunge the world into war. About the Author Harry Turtledove has lived in Southern California all his life He has a Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Los Angeles and has taught at UCLA, California State Fullerton and California State University, Los Angeles. He has written many works of speculative fiction and fantasy. He is married to the novelist Laura Frankos and they have three daughters.
Homeward Bound
Title: Homeward Bound
Description:
In his groundbreaking "Worldwar" series, Harry Turtledove introduced the Race, a technically-advanced army of alien lizards that struck at the battlefields where Hitler clashed with Stalin and the Japanese Empire took on the United States. They prevailed, though humanity still resisted their seemingly inevitable conquest. The Colonisation sequence continued the story of the Race's war with our kind through the 1950s and 1960s. Now, finally recognising that the humans must in the end prevail, the Race prepares to withdraw. But will they - or we - survive the final epic battles? About the Author Harry Turtledove has lived in Southern California all his life He has a Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Los Angeles and has taught at UCLA, California State Fullerton and California State University, Los Angeles. He has written many works of speculative fiction and fantasy. He is married to the novelist Laura Frankos and they have three daughters.
Worldwar: In The Balance (new English Library)
Title: Worldwar: In The Balance (new English Library)
Description:
World War II seethed across the planet. Hostilities spread in ever-widening circles of destruction. Then the real enemy arrived. Out of the skies came an inhuman invasion force, their weaponary overwhelming and with a simple goal: Fleetlord Atvar had arrived to claim Earth for the Empire.