Videssos Cycle Volume One

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2013-04-02
ISBN 10	: 9780345542588
Pages	: 673 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (455 users)

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Download or read book Videssos Cycle Volume One written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience one of the most beloved series in fantasy—as could only be imagined by “the standard-bearer for alternate history” (USA Today). Harry Turtledove’s many New York Times bestsellers provide an intriguing take on history’s most crucial moments, but he honed his speculative talents in a different genre: fantasy. The Videssos Cycle is the perfect fusion of the two. Collected here are the first two novels of Turtledove’s one-of-a-kind saga, in which a Roman legion is transported to a strange realm where magic rules. THE MISPLACED LEGION In a duel for survival, the Roman military tribune Marcus Aemilius Scaurus raises his sword, blessed by a Druid priest, against a Celtic chieftain, who brandishes a blade of his own. At the moment the weapons touch, Marcus and his legion find themselves under a strange night sky, full of unfamiliar stars, where Rome and Gaul are unknown. They are in an outpost of the embattled Empire of Videssos—a world that will test their skill and courage as no soldiers have ever been tested before. AN EMPEROR FOR THE LEGION In the capital of Videssos, a coward and betrayer has seized the throne. There, behind great walls that have always made the city impregnable to storm or siege, he rules with the aid of dark sorcery. Overthrowing him seems impossible and the imperial army has already fled in panic from the savage victors. But there is no panic in the legion. Now Marcus Scaurus leads his men through the chaos and enemy hordes in search of winter quarters, to regroup and do the unthinkable: take the untakeable city.

The Misplaced Legion

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2011-09-29
ISBN 10	: 9780575121027
Pages	: 323 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (751 users)

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Download or read book The Misplaced Legion written by Harry Turtledove and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As their armies watch, Marcus, a Roman centurion, and Viridovix, a Celt, begin a duel to the death until a strange spell transports them and a group of Roman legionaires to the mysterious world of Videssos, a land ruled by magic and dark sorcery.

Videssos Cycle Volume One

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2013-04-02
ISBN 10	: 9780345545695
Pages	: 672 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (455 users)

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Download or read book Videssos Cycle Volume One written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience one of the most beloved series in fantasy—as could only be imagined by “the standard-bearer for alternate history” (USA Today). Harry Turtledove’s many New York Times bestsellers provide an intriguing take on history’s most crucial moments, but he honed his speculative talents in a different genre: fantasy. The Videssos Cycle is the perfect fusion of the two. Collected here are the first two novels of Turtledove’s one-of-a-kind saga, in which a Roman legion is transported to a strange realm where magic rules. THE MISPLACED LEGION In a duel for survival, the Roman military tribune Marcus Aemilius Scaurus raises his sword, blessed by a Druid priest, against a Celtic chieftain, who brandishes a blade of his own. At the moment the weapons touch, Marcus and his legion find themselves under a strange night sky, full of unfamiliar stars, where Rome and Gaul are unknown. They are in an outpost of the embattled Empire of Videssos—a world that will test their skill and courage as no soldiers have ever been tested before. AN EMPEROR FOR THE LEGION In the capital of Videssos, a coward and betrayer has seized the throne. There, behind great walls that have always made the city impregnable to storm or siege, he rules with the aid of dark sorcery. Overthrowing him seems impossible and the imperial army has already fled in panic from the savage victors. But there is no panic in the legion. Now Marcus Scaurus leads his men through the chaos and enemy hordes in search of winter quarters, to regroup and do the unthinkable: take the untakeable city.

The Man with the Iron Heart

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2008-07-22
ISBN 10	: 9780345507778
Pages	: 544 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (455 users)

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Download or read book The Man with the Iron Heart written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if V-E Day didn’t end World War II in Europe? What if, instead, the Allies had to face a potent, even fanatical, postwar Nazi resistance? Such a movement, based in the fabled Alpine Redoubt, was in fact a real threat, ultimately neutralized by Germany’s flagging resources and squabbling officials. But had SS Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, the notorious Man with the Iron Heart, not been assassinated in 1942, fate might have taken a different turn. We might likely have seen a German guerrilla war launched against the conquerors, presaging by more than half a century the protracted conflict with an unrelenting enemy that now engulfs the United States and its allies in Iraq. How might today’s clash of troops versus terrorists have played out in 1945? In this imagined world, Nazi forces resort to unconventional warfare, using the quick and dirty tactics of terrorism–booby traps, time bombs, mortar and rocket strikes in the night, assassinations, even kamikaze-style suicide attacks–to overturn what seemed to be a decisive Allied victory. In November 1945, a truck bomb blows up the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, where high-ranking Nazi officials are about to stand trial for war crimes. None of the accused are there when the bomb goes off, but their judges, all of them present and accounted for, are annihilated. Worse acts of terrorism follow all over Europe. Suddenly the Allies–especially the United States–must battle an invisible enemy and sacrifice countless lives in a long, seemingly pointless, unwinnable conflict. On the home front, patriotism corrodes, political fortunes are made and lost in the face of an antiwar backlash, and a once-proud country wonders how the righteous fight for freedom overseas has collapsed into a hopeless quagmire. At once a novel of thrilling military suspense, intriguing alternate history, and profound insight into contemporary affairs, The Man with the Iron Heart is a tour de force by a storyteller of exceptional imaginative power.

A World of Difference

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2011-05-18
ISBN 10	: 9780307792334
Pages	: 320 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (77 users)

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Download or read book A World of Difference written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Viking lander on the planet Minerva was destroyed, sending back one last photo of a strange alien being, scientists on Earth were flabbergasted. And so a joint investigation was launched by the United States and the Soviet Union, the first long-distance manned space mission, and a symbol of the new peace between the two great rivals. Humankind's first close encounter with extraterrestrials would be history in the making, and the two teams were schooled in diplomacy as well as in science. But nothing prepared them for alien war—especially when the Americans and the Soviets found themselves on opposite sides. . . . Praise for A World of Difference “A master storyteller.”—Houston Chronicle “[Harry] Turtledove has proved he can divert his readers to astonishing places. he's developed a cult following over the years. . . . I know I'd follow his imagination almost anywhere.”—San Jose Mercury News “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

The Guns of the South

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2011-04-20
ISBN 10	: 9780307792358
Pages	: 576 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (77 users)

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Download or read book The Guns of the South written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is absolutely unique--without question the most fascinating Civil War novel I have ever read." Professor James M. McPherson Pultizer Prize-winning BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates. The name of the weapon is the AK-47.... Selected by the Science Fiction Book Club A Main Selection of the Military Book Club

Krispos Rising The Tale of Krispos Book One

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2008-12-30
ISBN 10	: 9780307496362
Pages	: 368 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (74 users)

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Download or read book Krispos Rising The Tale of Krispos Book One written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Videssos was beset by enemies abroad and had fallen into decadence at home. But on his first night in the imperial capital, The Empire’s health mattered less to Krispos than finding a dry place to sleep. Driven by crushing taxes from the farm where his family had lived—and died—Krispos had come to the. city seeking what fortune a good mind and a strong back could earn. He had a single goldpiece to his name—the gift, years past, of a nomad chieftain to a ragged peasant boy. Now, though the night was raw and the inn was warm, he was loath to spend that coin, for the barbarian had claimed it carried magic. Keep his lucky goldpiece or trade it for a warm, dry bed? Krispos tucked the coin away and stepped back into the wet streets—all unaware that so simple a choice would lead to a world of peril and possibility. . . .

Antiquity in Popular Literature and Culture

Author	: Konrad Dominas
Publisher	: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date	: 2016-05-11
ISBN 10	: 9781443893183
Pages	: 340 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (438 users)

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Download or read book Antiquity in Popular Literature and Culture written by Konrad Dominas and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritus flat ubi vult academicus. It seems evident that the study of antiquity and the study of antiquity’s persistence will continue to be distributed ubique terrarum. This pleasing circumstance was exemplified in January 2014, at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, an institution named after Poland’s influential nineteenth-century epic and lyric poet. As part of an ongoing series of such academic meetings, the university hosted the Seventh International Conference on Fantasy and Wonder. Its topic was Antiquity in Popular Literature and Culture. Several of the papers given in Poznań appear in this volume in revised form. They demonstrate the continuing presence of the past, or, to put it slightly differently, the importance of the past in the present and, by extension, for the future.

Videssos Cycle Volume Two

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2013-04-16
ISBN 10	: 9780345545701
Pages	: 832 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (455 users)

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Download or read book Videssos Cycle Volume Two written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic fantasy series from “one of alternative-history’s stalwarts” (The New Yorker) continues in the adventure of a lifetime. Harry Turtledove’s brilliant re-imaginings of major world events have thrilled fans for decades, but he first captured readers’ attention with the Videssos Cycle, a unique blend of fantasy and speculative history. In this two-book volume, a Roman legion, thrown into another world, fights its way through sorcery, intrigue, and epic conflict. THE LEGION OF VIDESSOS Since the legion was mysteriously transported to this magical realm, Roman military tribune Marcus Aemilius Scaurus has valiantly served the rulers of the war-torn city of Videssos. However, Fortune is a fickle goddess. Returning in triumph after defeating a well-entrenched army of rebel mercenaries, Marcus is betrayed by a friend, seized as a traitor, and dragged before the Emperor. Only one person may be able to save him: the Emperor’s niece. But consorting with her could lead to exile . . . or worse. SWORDS OF THE LEGION As prisoner of the Emperor, Marcus Scaurus is in a desperate situation. He stands condemned for treason, unless he can reclaim a rebel province from a fanatic usurper—without the aid of his Romans. Now, with just one centurion by his side, Marcus sets out to once again do the impossible. Soon the fates conspire against the men, driving them toward the torture chambers of an evil, deathless wizard-prince. But an audacious last hope rallies behind them—the soldiers of the legion are on the march.

Down to Earth Colonization Book Two

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Ballantine Books
Release Date	: 2002-01-08
ISBN 10	: 9780345453662
Pages	: 624 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (454 users)

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Download or read book Down to Earth Colonization Book Two written by Harry Turtledove and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2002-01-08 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 invasion changed everything: alliances, technology, commerce, and--most of all--the nature of life and death. Nuclear destruction engulfed some of Earth's great cities, and the invaders claimed half the planet before an uneasy peace could be achieved. Colonization takes us into the tumultuous 1960s, as the reptilian Race ponders its uneasy future on the planet it calls Tosev 3. The United States has prospered since the war, and has sent a manned spaceship deep into space. On the other side of the globe, the German Reich remains bloodied but unbowed, brandishing a frightening new weapon and always poised for war. China strains under alien occupation, and from Poland to Jerusalem, Jews must choose between aiding the Race or the Reich. Now, the invaders have been joined by their colonization fleet--millions of newcomers who seek to incorporate our world into their far-flung empire. A violent black market erupts around ginger--the one substance that deprives the alien colonists of their ability to reason--and a new war threatens, one even deadlier than the last. The clamoring, bellicose tribes of Earth form new alliances and play dangerous games of diplomacy, but 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 Tosev 3 . . . In Colonization: Down to Earth, Harry Turtledove continues the breathtaking tale that has established him as one of alternate history's leading practitioners. Populated by a cast that includes the famous, from Khomeni to Himmler, and the unknown--drug smugglers, soldiers, and lovers--this novel continues the excitement of Colonization: Second Contact, and weaves a spectacular tale of tyranny and freedom, destruction and hope.

Science Fiction Fantasy Horror

Author	:
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1988
ISBN 10	: PSU:000017465915
Pages	: 478 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 ( users)

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Download or read book Science Fiction Fantasy Horror written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive bibliography of books and short fiction published in the English language.

Books in Print

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1995
ISBN 10	: STANFORD:36105210120486
Pages	: 1902 pages
Rating	: 4.F/5 ( users)

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Science Fiction Fantasy Book Review Annual

Author	: Robert A. Collins
Publisher	: Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date	: 1988
ISBN 10	: 0887362494
Pages	: 504 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (624 users)

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Download or read book Science Fiction Fantasy Book Review Annual written by Robert A. Collins and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 1988 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Upsetting the Balance Worldwar Book Three

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2002-01-08
ISBN 10	: 9780345453631
Pages	: 546 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (454 users)

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Download or read book Upsetting the Balance Worldwar Book Three written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2002-01-08 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia, Communist China, Japan, Nazi Germany, the United States: they began World War II as mortal enemies. But suddenly their only hope for survival—never mind victory—was to unite to stop a mighty foe—one whose frightening technology appeared invincible. Far worse beings than the Nazis were loose. From Warsaw to Moscow to China's enemy-occupied Forbidden City, the nations of the world had been forced into an uneasy alliance since humanity began its struggle against overwhelming odds. In Germany, where the banshee wail of hostile jets screamed across the land, caches of once-forbidden weapons were unearthed, and unthinkable tactics were employed against the enemy. Brilliantly innovative military strategists confronted challenges unprecedented in the history of warfare. Even as lack of fuel forced people back to horse and carriage, physicists worked feverishly to create the first nuclear bombs—with horrifying results. City after city joined the atomic pyre as the planet erupted in fiery ruins. Yet the crisis continued—on land, sea, and in the air—as humanity writhed in global combat. The tactics of daredevil guerrillas everywhere became increasingly ingenious against a superior foe whose desperate retaliation would grow ever more fearsome. No one had ever put the United States, or the world, in such deadly danger. But if the carnage and annihilation ever stopped, would there be any pieces to pick up?

Breakthroughs The Great War Book Three

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2006-07-25
ISBN 10	: 9780345494313
Pages	: 624 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (454 users)

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Download or read book Breakthroughs The Great War Book Three written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Anyone who loves history will love what Harry Turtledove can do with it.”—Larry Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Day of Wrath Is it the war to end all wars—or war without end? What began as a conflict in Europe, when Germany unleashed a lightning assault on its enemies, soon spreads to North America, as a long-simmering hatred between two independent nations explodes in bloody combat. Twice in fifty years the Confederate States of America had humiliated their northern neighbor. Now revenge may at last be at hand. “Turtledove has proved he can divert his readers to astonishing places. He’s developed a cult following over the years; and if you’ve already been there, done that will real-history novelists Patrick O’Brian, Dorothy Dunnett, or George MacDonald Fraser, for your Next Big Enthusiasm you might want to try Turtledove. I know I’d follow his imagination almost anywhere.”—San Jose Mercury News

Walk in Hell The Great War Book Two

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 2006-07-25
ISBN 10	: 9780345494320
Pages	: 640 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (454 users)

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Download or read book Walk in Hell The Great War Book Two written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Harry Turtledove [is] probably the best-known practitioner of alternate history working today.”—American Heritage The year is 1915, and the world is convulsing. Though the Confederacy has defeated its northern enemy twice, this time the United States has allied with the Kaiser. In the South, the freed slaves, fueled by Marxist rhetoric and the bitterness of a racist nation, take up the weapons of the Red rebellion. Despite these advantages, the United States remains pinned between Canada and the Confederate States of America, so the bloody conflict continues and grows. Both presidents—Theodore Roosevelt of the Union and staunch Confederate Woodrow Wilson—are stubbornly determined to lead their nations to victory, at any cost. . .

The Stolen Throne

Author	: Harry Turtledove
Publisher	: Del Rey
Release Date	: 1995
ISBN 10	: 0345380479
Pages	: 372 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (84 users)

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Download or read book The Stolen Throne written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1995 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BORDER WARS An uneasy peace had prevailed these last few years between the Empire of Videssos and rival Makuran. But now Makuran's King of Kings alerted his border holdings--even the small fortress where Abivard's father was lord--to prepare for barbarian raids. But Abivard himself received a warning of a different sort: an eerie prophecy of a field, a hill, and a shield shining across the sea. Before a season had turned, his father and his King lay dead upon the field of battle--the very place foreseen in the vision. Abivard hastened home to defend his family and his land. To his dismay, the most urgent danger came not from marauding tribes, or from Videssos, but from the capital. An obscure and greedy bureaucrat had captured the crown; the rightful heir had disappeared, and no mortal man would say where he might be found. Abivard's strange fate would lead him to his King, though, and on through peril to the very brink of greatness--and of doom! FIRST TIME IN PRINT