Black Chamber, S.M. Stirling
Black Chamber, S.M. Stirling
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Black Chamber

Author: S.M. Stirling

Narrator: Todd McLaren

Unabridged: 16 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/03/2018

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

The first novel in a brand-new alternate history series where Teddy Roosevelt is president for a second time right before WWI breaks out, and on his side is the Black Chamber, a secret spy network watching America's back. In 1912, just months before the election, President Taft dies suddenly, and Teddy Roosevelt wastes no time in grabbing power as he wins another term as president. By force of will, he ushers the United States into a new, progressive era with the help of the Black Chamber the mysterious spy organization, watching his back. Luz O'Malley-a brilliant, deadly, and young Cuban Irish American agent of the Black Chamber-heads to Germany. She's on a luxury airship swarming with agents of every power on earth, as well as conspirators from the Mexican Revolutionary Party and the sinister underground of the reborn Ku Klux Klan, yet none know her true identity. Her anonymity will be essential as she strives to gain the secrets of Project Loki, an alarming German plan that Roosevelt fears will drag the U.S. into a world war. To gather this intelligence, Luz will have to deceive the handsome yet ruthless Baron Horst von Duckler. She, along with naive Irish-American Ciara Whelan, has to get this vital information back to the U.S.-or millions of lives will be lost.

About S.M. Stirling

A well-regarded author of alternate history science-fiction novels, S.M. Stirling has written more than twenty-five books, including acclaimed collaborations with Anne McCaffrey, Jerry Pournelle, and David Drake. His most recent novels are T2: Infiltrator, The Peshawar Lancers, and the Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Charles

Disappointing For me, and many others, the one thing a good alternate history must be is believable. Unfortunately I did not find BLACK CHAMBER believable in many of its key points. For instance, it is common in the United States to view the Germans as the bad guys in both WW2 and WW1. While this is......more

Posted to the Literary Lawyer A Great Example of Indulgent Writing - 2 Stars My first experience with S.M. Stirling may very well be my last. If you are looking for a novel in which you get to experience the author’s fantasies and have the privilege of the author explaining to your the MANY topics......more