In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Ho-hum, another Turtledove book about WW2. This one is different, though... Most of the time, when he tackles the subject, he looks at the minor tweaks that have radical outcomes. A cigar dropped in 1962 means that Patton is a Confederate General trying to invade Ohio. This book looks at a single Jew......more

Quick review: so so. Typical Turtledove alternate history. Not very interesting and very predictable. I've read a lot of Turtledove, so I suppose I'm getting tired of him! This just may be the last book of his I'll read.......more

This is my first foray into the works of Harry Turtledove, and now I know that it won't be the last. He is a good writer with incredibly vivid characters; his heroes aren't perfect and his villains aren't completely evil (mostly). And he clearly invested a lot of time and thought into his world-buil......more

Set in the 1990's this is a novel which poses the question "What if the Nazis had won?" It focuses on one family who look like any other loyal Aryan family--but they have a secret. They are Jews. When the children become twelve, they are told of their true heritage. The story is well told. The fears o......more

What if the Axis had won World War II? The lives of Jews in post-war and post Holocaust Berlin. An interesting look at Jewish history and how our people has survived.......more