AH Books Update

[Diamond]

This is kind of a continuation of the 'New AH' thread I started on the previous forum. It doesn't have to be new AH per se; post any title that you've come across that sounds interesting.

Here's one:

'A Century of Progress' by Fred Saberhagen.
Its 1984. A man whose grand-daughter is dying of cancer is approached by a woman who claims to be able to cure the girl if the man will perform a small service for her organization.
The 'small service' turns out to be helping to guide a 1933 alternate earth away from a path that would lead it to be dominated by a Nazi-descended cross-dimensional empire.
The title comes from the theme of the '33 World's Fair. Pretty decent read; really makes the Depression come alive; convincing bad guys.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Red Army, by Ralph Peters

An interesting look at a Third World War from non-Western viewpoints.

[Diamond]

The Resurrections by Simon Louvish

It's 1968. Soviet Premier Leon Trotsky has just died; in Rome, Mussolini still rules a corrupt empire. And in the US, ex-Senator Adolf Hitler is grooming his son to run for President.

Give this one a read - its got something in it to offend and/or delight everyone, from the Japanese nuking Los Angeles in the 1950s, to a communist Germany dueling with the colonial empires of Britain and France, to Che Guevara fomenting revolution in Ethiopia. :D

[Diamond]

There's a book called Wasteland of Flint coming out in PB next month. It's by Thomas Harlan, the guy that wrote that multi-volume 'Shadow of Empire' series (which I personally thought was deathly boring). Still, this new book looks intriguing. Its set in the future of an ATL where the Japanese and Aztecs were the dominant civs; it looks to be a classic space opera, and the reviews are generally good.

Anyone read it?

[Diamond]

The World Next Door By Brad Ferguson.
WWIII in 1962. Story is set 30 or 40 years later in upstate New York. Just started it, so I can't say if it'll be any good or not.

And two FH which are now honorary AH:

Diasporah By WR Yates.
Sometime in the early 21st century, things finally spiral out of control in the Middle East - the whole region is one big glowing cinder. The remaining citizens of Israel live in Hazara Ysroel, a space city orbiting the Earth, and are facing renewed Islamic attacks.

The Ayes of Texas By Daniel da Cruz.
An independent Texas and her rusty, outdated fleet face off against a Russian invasion force.