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1943: Moscow The Red Empire is dying—slowly, violently, and unwilling to accept its fate. After the brutal winter of 1942, the Allied powers stand on the edge of their greatest gamble: a march on Moscow itself. From the ruins of Minsk to the shattered lines of Smolensk, British Comets, German Panthers, French mechanised brigades, and Polish liberators carve their way east through the collapsing armies of Stalin’s tyranny. But Russia will not fall quietly. Across the frozen plains, the Soviets pour every last soldier, tank, militia fighter and NKVD enforcer into the Mozhaisk defensive ...

1942 – AMERICA The war is over. But the world is far from peaceful. In the aftermath of the Pacific conflict that forced Japan’s surrender, the United States stands victorious—yet increasingly isolated. Europe is locked in a massive war as a united continent fights to stop the Soviet advance. China has emerged from civil war under Communist rule. Japan lies under American occupation, rebuilding quietly beneath watchful eyes. At home, a different revolution is beginning. Daniel “Big Dan” Wilson never intended to become a national figure. A six-foot-three restaurant owner from ...

1934 – Pacific is an alternate-history war novel charting a brutal, accelerating conflict in the Pacific that begins years earlier—and burns far wider—than in our own timeline. From the first carrier clashes in the Solomon Islands to the grinding land campaigns across Burma, New Guinea, and the Philippines, the book follows the steady escalation of a war that becomes increasingly industrial, relentless, and unforgiving. Naval battles are fought to the death. Air power evolves at speed, from desperate long-range raids to the arrival of fighters that finally erase distance as a ...

1935 – Poland Europe stands on the brink of a new catastrophe. As Hitler’s Reich collapses into chaos and Stalin’s armies mass in the east, the uneasy Allied coalition faces a peril it can no longer ignore. In the ashes of Germany’s surrender, the Soviet Union makes its move — a vast armoured invasion of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, cloaked in the rhetoric of liberation but driven by conquest. British, French, and provisional German forces scramble to respond, forging a fragile alliance against the Red tide. Across frozen plains and shattered cities, new weapons and old...

What if the first shots of the Second World War were fired not in Europe, but in North America? In this gripping alternate history, the Great Depression pushes President Herbert Hoover to a desperate decision—war. Spurred on by the enigmatic fascist William Dudley Pelley, Hoover chooses Canada as the target, launching a surprise invasion based on the real War Plan Red. The result is a global shockwave. From poison gas in Halifax to Canadian troops storming American cities, from Nazis in Germany seizing the moment to rise and strike west, to Japan launching a devastating surprise attack on...

1939 – Japan is a sweeping alternate-history epic that traces the catastrophic unravelling of empires and the birth of a new world order when total war crosses lines never meant to be crossed. The novel opens with Japan, humiliated by the loss of the Philippines, choosing a path from which there can be no retreat: a clandestine biological attack on the American mainland. The United States responds not only with overwhelming force but with its own moral collapse, unleashing chemical warfare against Japanese strongholds and shattering long-standing international norms. What follows is a ...

Europe is burning—and Germany stands at the centre of the storm. In the aftermath of Hitler’s collapse and the fracture of the Nazi state, the Western Allies and the provisional German government battle to restore order while a new, more dangerous threat rises from the east. Stalin’s Red Army, swollen with tanks, men and ruthless ambition, launches a relentless drive into Central Europe, determined to seize Germany, crush resistance and push its borders to the Rhine. But Germany does not stand alone. British, French, Polish, Czech and reformed German forces forge an unlikely alliance,...

What if the Great Depression led not to recovery, but to global devastation? In an alternate timeline the world descends into chaos years ahead of schedule. Hitler consolidates power in Germany, Japan strikes in the Pacific, and colonial empires brace for upheaval. From the overrun countries of Europe to the jungles of Guadalcanal, from London’s bombed streets to the secret war waged by SOE agents in occupied Europe, 1933 is a sweeping reimagining of the Second World War’s beginnings—one that starts years too early and consumes the globe in its furnace. Tanks thunder. Fighters scream....

When the Easter Bunny fails to appear, the world doesn’t end — but it wobbles. Eggs remain unhunted. Traditions falter. Somewhere in the machinery of seasons and belief, something vital has slipped its filing system. In a realm just to the left of reality, a council of ancient and quarrelsome magical beings meets to decide what must be done. Their solution is a witch. Shelly Egg is practical, sharp-tongued, deeply unimpressed by authority, and has absolutely no interest in becoming a seasonal replacement. Unfortunately, she is also the only one capable of holding the world together ...

1934 – Denmark By Tony Dunning Winter grips Europe as the fragile balance of power collapses. In this electrifying continuation of the 1934 series, the British government under Prime Minister MacDonald and Secretary of State for War Winston Churchill launches the most daring offensive in modern history — an amphibious assault on Nazi-occupied Denmark. From the grey waters of the North Sea to the frozen harbours of Esbjerg and Bremerhaven, 1934 – Denmark follows the men and women who ignite a second front against the Reich. British paratroopers plunge into the dark skies above Jutland;...

1934 – Dresden Vienna has fallen. Rommel is defeated. But Hitler’s Reich is far from broken. Now the Allies drive north through Czechoslovakia, their sights set on Dresden—the heart of Saxony and the gateway into Germany itself. What follows is a campaign of fire and ruin: villages turned into fortresses, fields scarred by bombers, and cities where every street must be fought for and every house cleared at bayonet point. Generaloberst von Kleiber, Hitler’s chosen defender, vows to make Dresden the anvil upon which the Allies will break. With Tigers prowling the ruins, the Luftwaffe ...

What if the Second World War had started in 1932, instead of 1939? Here is the next book in the 1932 alternate history series, 1934 – The Viennese Front After advancing from Czechoslovakia, Vienna now burns. The Allies push deep into the Nazi-occupied Austrian capital, fighting street by street, room by room, to break Rommel’s fortress city. The city turns into a labyrinth of alleys where every corner is an ambush, every house a trap. The Hofburg becomes a battlefield. The spire of Stephansdom is scarred by gunfire. At the heart of the struggle is Brigadier Lascelles, a seasoned British...

What if the Great Depression led not to recovery, but to global devastation? In an alternate timeline the world descends into chaos years ahead of schedule. Hitler consolidates power in Germany, Japan strikes in the Pacific, and colonial empires brace for upheaval. Germany is currently at peace with Russia and maintains a buffer of countries between them. 1934—The Bohemian Front is a sweeping reimagining of the Second World War, which started years too early and consumed the globe in its furnace. Tanks thunder. Fighters scream. Resistance rises. 1934: The Bohemian Front is a richly ...

What if the war began years earlier, in 1932? by 1934, Europe is reeling from depression, unrest, and the rise of fascism to control Western Europe. In the heart of Central Europe, Czechoslovakia becomes the flashpoint as German forces launch a lightning invasion—armoured columns pushing through Moravia, bombers setting Prague ablaze, and the capital itself locked in a brutal siege. But this war is not confined to Czechoslovakia. Across the Channel, Winston Churchill—long before his historic premiership—urges Britain to act. Against political hesitation and logistical odds, the Allies...

From the first handshake at the recruiting office to the sweat-soaked final march across Parris Island,"Semper Fi and Other Dangerous Words" follows one training platoon through the relentless transformation from civilian to United States Marine. When Kansas farm boy Kyle McElroy steps off the bus, he joins a ragtag band of recruits who quickly learn that the Marine Corps is not for the faint-hearted — especially under the watch of Gunnery Sergeant Rockwell Hammer, a man equal parts drill instructor and controlled detonation. Alongside the calm and capable Lieutenant Briggs, Hammer moulds...

America stands on a knife’s edge. As President Herbert Hoover turns inward, blaming the nation’s collapse on “foreign subversion,” sweeping crackdowns begin. Jewish communities, long woven into the fabric of American cities, find themselves vilified, surveilled, and hunted. From the streets of Williamsburg to the steel mills of Pittsburgh, families are shattered, synagogues desecrated, and dissent crushed beneath the weight of patriotism turned poison. Across the border, Canada burns. War has broken out—a brutal, unthinkable invasion by the very republic once seen as a beacon of ...

1933 - Terror The Holy Land teeters on the edge of collapse. As the British Mandate of Palestine strains under the weight of international turmoil, rising fascism, and bitter local divisions, a storm begins to gather. Underground cells of the Black Hand—fueled by rage, fear, and visions of holy war—fan unrest across cities and countryside. Strikes spread. Leaflets incite rebellion. Curfews become commonplace, but order slips further with each passing week. Into this chaos steps David Rosenzweig, a Jewish-American who fled persecution at home to serve peace in a fragile land. Assigned to...

A humorous view of dogs in our lives. From your sofa as territory to going to the vet.

Jasper Finn, the great-great-great-great (great to the 5th as he says) grandson of Huckleberry Finn couldn't stand the polite society that he was being pushed towards, so he ran away from home, hoping to follow in the footsteps of his great-to-the-fifth grandpappy,. This book tells the tales of Jasper Finn running off and joining a space Trader crew, and the adventures he encounters as part of that crew, making friends along the way, learning lessons on life and earning his way amongst the stars.

When children’s teeth begin vanishing from beneath pillows—too quickly, too cleanly, and without the familiar pause of magic—Shelly Egg is asked to look into a problem the Department of Seasonal Phenomena cannot properly name. What first appears to be dark magic proves stranger and more unsettling: a hurry. As spring settles into April, something is making exchanges without waiting, bypassing rituals older than belief itself. The signs are faint but consistent—a trace of sulphur, enforced sleep, and a sense that the world is being asked something it hasn’t yet agreed to answer. As...