American Empire Blood and Iron, Harry Turtledove
American Empire Blood and Iron, Harry Turtledove
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American Empire: Blood and Iron

Author: Harry Turtledove

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 24 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/19/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Best-selling master of alternate history Harry Turtledove offers a new vision of America after WD War I. In 1920, as veterans question the very nation they fought for, socialist Upton Sinclair challenges Teddy Roosevelt for the presidency. And in the defeated Confederacy, a fiery racist whips his followers into a frenzy.

About Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove (he/him) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer whom Publishers Weekly has called the "Master of Alternate History." He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the HOMer Award for Short story, and the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction. Turtledove's works include the Crosstime Traffic, Worldwar, Darkness, and Opening of the World series; the stand-alone novels The House of Daniel, Fort Pillow, and Give Me Back My Legions!; and over a dozen short stories available on Tor.com. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Laura Frankos, and their four daughters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan on July 06, 2009

I realized only in the middle of this that, while it's part 1 of a trilogy, it's also really book 7 of a 9 book set. So I was a little lost for a bit, but was eventually after to figure out exactly what was going on. What Turtledove's done with this series is set up an alternate history of the United......more

Goodreads review by Michael on September 07, 2009

This is the first book of a trilogy that's actually the middle trilogy of a 9 book Series. Think of it as "The New Hope: Ep 4". The series is the "Timeline 191", in which the South wins the Civil War, and battles the North in WW1 and WW2. This book takes place after the Great War. The US beats the Con......more

Goodreads review by Nadienne on October 05, 2020

I do love every entry into this series. The world-building alone is definitely worth the read...who doesn't want to see a Socialist President of the United States? :) The allegory between Featherston and Hitler, of course, couldn't be more apparent, but that is the idea, after all. It's a bit slow co......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on September 27, 2020

Good but the further through this series i get the more missed potential a more thoughtful writer could have made work.......more

Goodreads review by Holden on August 28, 2011

This series continues to be as captivating as ever. I would say this volume of the series was even better than the previous, which kind of felt like it was dragging on a bit there at the end of the war. It was pretty mesmerizing in a horrifying way to see the watch the Freedom parties shooting star.......more

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