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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100345457250

ISBN-139780345457257

eBay Product ID (ePID)50799357

Product Key Features

Book TitleGrapple

Number of Pages624 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAlternative History

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorHarry Turtledove

Book SeriesSettling Accounts Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight32.5 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-056010

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsPRAISE FOR HARRY TURTLEDOVE "Turtledove [is] the standard-bearer for alternate history." USA Today Settling Accounts: Drive to the East "First-time readers can jump in and enjoy Turtledove's richly rearranged cultural and political landscape." The Kansas City Star "Engrossing . . . thoroughly satisfying." Publishers Weekly Settling Accounts: Return Engagement "Strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background." Kirkus Reviews American Empire: The Victorious Opposition "Powerful . . . demonstrates Turtledove's continuing mastery of historical fiction . . . almost impossible to praise too highly." Booklist (starred review) American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold "Turtledove never tires of exploring the paths not taken, bringing to his storytelling a prodigious knowledge of his subject and a profound understanding of human sensibilities and motivations." Library Journal American Empire: Blood & Iron "Nobody plays the what-if game of alternative history better than Turtledove. . . . This book begins a panoramic story, a new trilogy at least, that promises to be immensely fascinating." Publishers Weekly (starred review)

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume NumberBk. 3

Dewey Decimal813.54

SynopsisThe third volume in Turtledove's alternate history of World War II opens with the Confederacy reeling after the loss of their forces around Pittsburgh. The United States is trying to suppress the Mormon rebellion, while Negro guerrillas who escaped being swept up into death camps authorized by C.S.A. President Jake Featherstone disrupt the rural economy. Meanwhile, both sides work feverishly to win the race to build an atomic bomb., In this stunning retelling of World War II, Harry Turtledove has created a blockbuster saga that is thrilling, troubling, and utterly compelling. It is 1943, the third summer of the new war between the Confederate States of America and the United States, a war that will turn on the deeds of ordinary soldiers, extraordinary heroes, and a colorful cast of spies, politicians, rebels, and everyday citizens. The CSA president, Jake Featherstone, has greatly miscalculated the North's resilience. In Ohio, where Confederate victory was once almost certain, Featherstone's army is crumbling, and reinforcements of uninspired Mexican troops cannot stanch a Northern assault on the heartland. The tide of war is changing, and victory seems within the grasp of the USA. Still, new fighting flares from Denver to Los Angeles. Indeed, as the air, ground, and water burn with molten fury, new and demonic tools of killing are unleashed, and secret wars are unfolding. The U.S. government in Philadelphia has proof that the tyrannical Featherstone is murdering African Americans by the tens of thousands in a Texas gulag called Determination. And the leaders of both sides know full well that the world's next great power will not be the one with the biggest army but the nation that wins the race against nature and science-and smashes open the power of the atom. In Settling Accounts, Harry Turtledove blends vivid fictional characters with a cast inspired by history, including the Socialist assistant secretary of war Franklin Delano Roosevelt and beleaguered Confederate military commander Nathan Bedford Forrest. In The Grapple, he takes his spellbinding vision to new heights as he captures theheart and soul of a generation born and raised amid unimaginable violence. This is a struggle of conquest and conscience, played out on American soil.

LC Classification NumberPS3570.U76S475 2006