Colonization Down to Earth, Harry Turtledove
Colonization Down to Earth, Harry Turtledove
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Colonization: Down to Earth

Author: Harry Turtledove

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 28 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/03/2010


Synopsis

In 1942, Hitler led the world's most savage military machine. Stalin ruled Russia while America was just beginning to show its strength in World War II. Then, in Harry Turtledove's brilliantly imagined Worldwar saga, an alien assault changed everything. Nuclear destruction engulfed major cities, and the invaders claimed half the planet before an uneasy peace could be achieved.

A spectacular tale of tyranny and freedom, destruction and hope, the Colonization series takes us into the tumultuous 1960s, as the reptilian Race ponders its uneasy future. But now a new, even deadlier war threatens. Though the clamoring tribes of Earth play dangerous games of diplomacy, the ultimate power broker will be the Race itself. For the colonists have one option no human can ignore. With a vast, ancient empire already in place, the Race has the power to annihilate every living being on planet Earth.

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 Matthew

Fantastic follow up to Second Contact. As the Race's colonization efforts continue we get more of a look at their civilian life and how despite outward appearances, humans and lizards aren't so different after all. The political intrigue is also ramped up considerably, with the four way cold war bet......more

Goodreads review by David

This novel is the second in Harry Turtledove's "Colonization" series. While the series is called a "tetralogy", I can only find three books--it really is a trilogy. This novel picks up where the first one (Second Contact left off. The humans on Earth have stagnated in three major civilizations; Unit......more

Goodreads review by Antonio

Storia splendida. Scrittura da vomito. Insopportabile. Peccato.......more

Goodreads review by James

Continuing from Second Contact - what is there to say? Harry Turtledove has written more alternate history SF, and written it better, than anyone else; his research is in-depth, his storytelling is exciting and well-thought-out, and his characters are memorable and appealing (most of them.) Somethin......more