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Worldwar: Tilting the Balance

By: Harry Turtledove
Narrated by: Todd McLaren
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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 delivering supplies in tiny biplanes to partisans across the vast steppes of Russia, working furiously to understand the enemy's captured radar in England, or battling house to house on the streets of Chicago, humankind would never give up.

Yet no one could say when the hellish inferno of death would stop being a war of conquest and turn into a war of survival - the very survival of the planet....

©2009 Harry Turtledove (P)2010 Tantor Alternate History Science Fiction War & Military Soviet Union Military War Russia Fiction First Contact Espionage Genre Fiction England Stalin Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics

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"Turtledove's thorough command of storytelling and historiography...assure us that this is an irresistibl[e] book." ( Booklist)
Fascinating Premise • Exciting Characters • Grand Sci-fi • Alternative History • Interesting Storylines

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need pauses between characters. Aside from the occasional inaccuracy, great story. it's an interesting thought experiment.

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The author has an amazing knowledge of history. The story is great but the author goes to great length s developing the characters. So much detail that you will almost feel like turning off the book when action finally happens.

Great but wordy

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The performer is more assured in this second book although he still mispronounced some place names. This is a minor quibble, however, given that this story - which is by no means Science Faction - does well as a sprawling operatic epic.

Given that there are a good few more books to come in the sites, I'd suggest you give it a try.

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If you listened to the first book and enjoyed it, you will equally enjoy this one. Same problems as the first book too, which means sometimes repetitive exposition and the narrator not pausing between POV changes.

But again, if you made it to this book chances are those minor issues weren't deal breakers. Enjoy the continuing adventure of Atvar and pur new Reptile overlords!

Fantastic Sequal

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If you liked the first in the series you should also like this one, the only thing I don’t like about his writing is it can be repetitive.

Classic Turtledove

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