Worldwar: In the Balance
Harry Turtledove
Mar 2010 · Worldwar Book 1 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Todd McLaren
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War seethed across the planet. Machines soared through the air, churned through the seas, crawled across the surface, pushing ever forward, carrying death. Earth was engaged in titanic struggle. Germany, Russia, France, China, Japan: the maps were changing day by day. The hostilities spread in ever-widening ripples of destruction: Britain, Italy, Africa...the fate of the world hung in the balance. Then the real enemy came. Out of the dark of night, out of the soft glow of dawn, out of the clear blue sky came an invasion force the likes of which Earth had never known-and worldwar was truly joined. The invaders were inhuman and they were unstoppable. Their technology was far beyond our reach, and their goal was simple: Fleetlord Atvar had arrived to claim Earth for the Empire. Never before had Earth's people been more divided. Never had the need for unity been greater. And grudgingly, inexpertly, humanity took up the challenge. In this epic novel of alternate history, Harry Turtledove takes us around the globe. We roll with German panzers, watch the coast of Britain with the RAF, and welcome alien-liberators to the Warsaw ghetto. In tiny planes we skim the vast Russian steppe, and we push the envelope of technology in secret labs at the University of Chicago. Turtledove's saga covers all the Earth, and beyond, as mankind-in all its folly and glory-faces the ultimate threat; and a turning point in history shows us a past that never was and a future that could yet come to be.
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4.9
15 reviews
Jimmy Jobob
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May 9, 2020
A wonderful and encapsulating mix of historical and science fiction. The author has a great ability to make each character memorable a sympathetic. However, there is in my opinion a large amount of unecasarally graphic sexual content in these books that seems shoe horned in. I'm no prude but it's just uncomfortable and out of place That is what cost it the fifth star.
hyerculez axkillis
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March 18, 2023
one of my fave Turtledove series!
About the author
Harry Turtledove is an award-winning fantasy and science fiction writer. Publishers Weekly has called him the "Master of Alternate History." Turtledove's works include the Crosstime Traffic, Worldwar, Darkness, and Opening of the World series. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Laura, and their four daughters.
Todd McLaren was involved in radio for more than twenty years in cities on both coasts. He left broadcasting for a full-time career in voice-overs, where he has been heard on more than 5,000 TV and radio commercials, as well as TV promos, narrations for documentaries on such networks as A&E and the History Channel, and films.
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