A stunning epic of humanity at war with itself, Harry
Turtledove's Great War saga plunges us deeper into the war
that began in Europe, then exploded with a vengeance onto
American soil.
The world is convulsing. Germany has
smashed its enemies: Austria, Denmark, and France, while
the United States and the Confederate States of America
charge headlong into the global conflict--as bitter
enemies once again.
The year is 1915, and the time
of darkness has come. Though the Confederacy has defeated
its northern enemy twice in fifty years, this time the
United States has allied with Prussia. In the South, the
freed slaves, fueled by Marxist rhetoric and the
bitterness of a racist nation, take up the weapons of the
Bolshevik rebellion. Despite these advantages, the United
States remains pinned between Canada and the C.S.A., so
the bloody conflict continues and grows. Both presidents--
Theodore Roosevelt of the Union and staunch Confederate
Woodrow Wilson--are stubbornly determined to lead their
nations to victory, at any cost.
While land and sea
battles are fought around the globe, new killing tools--
poison gas, submarines, attack planes, and tanks--are
pressed into service. Heroism and fear run hand in hand as
ordinary men and women--families, friends, and lovers--
choose desperate measures just to survive.
From the
trenches that line the Canadian border to occupied Salt
Lake City, The Great War: Walk in Hell takes us to the
American front, then into prisoner-of-war camps, strategy
meetings, and cities roiling with unrest. Once again,
Harry Turtledove--"the leading author of alternate
history" (USA Today)--has created a gripping, visionary
portrait of how, if history had but taken another path,
our world would have launched into a much bloodier War to
End All Wars.