End of the Beginning: A Novel of Alternate History - Hardcover

Turtledove, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0451216687 ISBN 13: 9780451216687

Publisher: NAL Hardcover, 2005

Synopsis

In the wake of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and their successful invasion and occupation of Hawaii, America must marshall its military forces to reclaim the islands from the enemy, in an alternate history sequel to Days of Infamy.

About this title

About the Author:

Harry Turtledove—the New York Times bestselling author of numerous alternate history novels, including The Guns of the South, How Few Remain, and the Worldwar quartet—has a Ph.D. in Byzantine history. Nominated numerous times for the Nebula Award, he has won the Hugo, Sidewise, and John Esthen Cook Awards. He lives with his wife and children in California.

From Booklist:

The Japanese occupation of Hawaii after Pearl Harbor has delayed the U.S. cross-Pacific offensive for two years. But it is coming, with Joe Crossetti as part of the spearhead, piloting a Hellcat off of the new carrier Bunker Hill. Marine Sergeant Leo Dillon and his platoon aren't far behind. Meanwhile, the Japanese in the islands know they are in a logistically impossible situation and outnumbered, to boot. Some, like Minoru Genda and Mitsuo Fughida, do their best to continue the fight. Other Japanese seem to spend most of their time making Americans miserable. Fletcher Armitage is building a tunnel under slave-labor conditions, while his estranged wife, Jane, has been forced into being a comfort girl. Jiro Takahashi is profoundly embarrassing his Americanized and loyal sons by making propaganda broadcasts for the occupation authorities. And Oscar van der Klerk hopes that if he catches enough fish and keeps his head down, both he and Susie Higgins will survive the high-intensity combat that wrecks Honolulu in the second half of the book. An able continuation of the outstanding exploration of the unpleasant WWII alternate scenario that Turtledove launched in Days of Infamy (2004). Roland Green
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About this edition

• Publisher: NAL Hardcover
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0451216687
• ISBN 13: 9780451216687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448