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Return Engagement

Settling Accounts, Book 1

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Return Engagement

By: Harry Turtledove
Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
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In 1914, they called it The Great War, and few could imagine anything worse. For nearly three decades, a peace forged in blood and fatigue has held sway in North America. Now, Japan dominates the Pacific, the Russian Tsar rules Alaska, and England, under Winston Churchill, chafes for a return to its former glory. But behind the façade of world order, America is a bomb waiting to go off. Jake Featherston, the megalomaniacal leader of the Confederate States of America, is just the man to light the fuse.

In the White House in Philadelphia, Socialist President Al Smith is a living symbol of hope for a nation that has been through the fires of war and the flood tides of depression. In the South, Featherston and his ruling Freedom Party have put down a Negro rebellion with a bloody fist and have interned them in concentration camps. Now, they are determined to crush their Northern neighbor at any cost.

©2004 Harry Turtledove (P)2016 Tantor Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Military Science Fiction War & Military War Alaska

Critic reviews

"Turtledove produces yet another absorbing installment of his character-centered alternate-history saga." ( Booklist)
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I loved this book when I read it and I loved hearing it read to me. I'm looking forward to the next installment from this amazing author.

A great story.

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This guy has a problem with whistling teeth syndrome, nearly every word he says he's ssssso sssssadly sssssaying ssssssssss

Terrible reader

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I started working my way through the superb "Southern Victory" series starting with How Few Remain (sadly not available on Audible) earlier this year and have found the series very compelling. Return Engagement gets the story of the new world war to which the American Empire books have been building up off to a gripping start. While some of the characters are much more interesting than others, the story is very well crafted and is studded with interesting little details and ironies for the historian to pick up on. It is also relatively free of the cringeworthy love scenes which detract from some of Turtledove's other books. The narrator is very good and switches seamlessly between the different voices and accents. This is a good listen - but I don't think I'd have got anything like as much out of it without listening to the whole series which precedes it.

A Compelling Listen

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Gave up on this one last year as I did not like the narration compared to the previous books in the series. Tried again and got used to him, recommend you give it a try and with patience it is good enough

Didn’t like the narrator to start with but he grew on me.

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Turtledove’s ability to create a different but familiar setting is second to none, it feels so detailed and well thought out compared to the typical entry in this genre. Worth a listen, especially if you have listened to the three American Empire books.

Great Alternate History

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