The Great War: Breakthroughs

Name: The Great War: Breakthroughs
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: Harry Turtledove
ISBN: 9781449832148

Author: Harry Turtledove

Series: Great War (Turtledove) #3

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 23 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/18/2010

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The Great War: Breakthroughs is the third installment of bestselling, Hugo Award–winning author Harry Turtledove’s remarkable alternate history tetralogy. A Main Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club®, this harrowing saga of the war to end all wars will amaze history buffs and fans of science fiction and fantasy.

The utter devastation of global war continues to spread, driven by new weapons and old hatreds. The United States is deadlocked—battling Canada and Great Britain in the north and the Confederate States in the south. In this world, military genius is tantamount to madness, as great historical figures like Theodore Roosevelt and Custer engage in fascinating new tactical scenarios.

History professor Turtledove’s highly imaginative novels are hailed by critics and readers alike as the defining works of their genre.

“Alternate history’s grand master displays his acute knowledge of American history as well as his keen imagination as he paints a vivid portrait of a past that could have been. A good choice for most libraries.”—Library Journal

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 Nadienne

A World War One where the victors are both the German Empire and the United States of America? How is that possible, you ask? Well, you'll just have to read the book. :) Seriously, though, the idea of the "Great War" - the "War to End All Wars" - being fought, at least in part, by the United States o......more

Goodreads review by Nathan

Pretty good conclusion to the great war trilogy.......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

Harry Turtledove has delivered again another amazing piece literature. The United States are pushing their Confederate counter parts back. Germany is pushing France hard and England is on the brink of starvation. Th recent Red Negro uprising that took place has allowed the Americans to push their li......more

Goodreads review by Oleksiy

A really nice conclusion for the trilogy. I liked the way Turtledove used alternate history within alternate history, when his characters talk about what-have-beens (the War of Secession won by the US, Entente winning WWI etc.). He turned real history, as we know it, into fictional alternate history......more

Goodreads review by Nancy

"The American Front" -- the motives of the war. "Walk in Hell" -- the machinery of the war. "Breakthroughs" -- the fallout of the war. At the end of the war, the characters who fought in "Breakthroughs" are divided into two diverse camps. In one is the Let's Never Do This Again Camp. Some here wanted......more