Settling Accounts the Grapple - Hardcover

Turtledove, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345457250 ISBN 13: 9780345457257

Publisher: Del Rey, 2006

Synopsis

In the sequel to Settling Accounts: Drive to the East, the tide of battle turns against the Confederates, Northern forces overrun the Southern capitol, and their mad president, desperate for victory, threatens to unleash the ultimate weapon, the atomic bomb, in a re-imagining of World War II. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

PRAISE FOR HARRY TURTLEDOVE

"Turtledove [is] the standard-bearer for alternate history."
-USA Today

Settling Accounts: Drive to the East

"First-time readers can jump in and enjoy Turtledove's richly rearranged cultural and political landscape."
-The Kansas City Star

"Engrossing . . . thoroughly satisfying."
-Publishers Weekly

Settling Accounts: Return Engagement

"Strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background."
-Kirkus Reviews

American Empire: The Victorious Opposition

"Powerful . . . demonstrates Turtledove's continuing mastery of historical fiction . . . almost impossible to praise too highly."
-Booklist (starred review)

American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold

"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

American Empire: Blood & Iron

"Nobody plays the what-if game of alternative history better than Turtledove. . . . This book begins a panoramic story, a new trilogy at least, that promises to be immensely fascinating."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author:

Harry Turtledove is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works The Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, and How Few Remain (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books (Bombs Away, Fallout, and Armistice); the War That Came Early novels: Hitler's War, West and East, The Big Switch, Coup d'Etat, Two Fronts, and Last Orders; the Worldwar saga: In the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, and Striking the Balance; the Colonization books: Second Contact, Down to Earth, and Aftershocks; the Great War epics: American Front, Walk in Hell, and Breakthroughs; the American Empire novels: Blood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, and Victorious Opposition; and the Settling Accounts series: Return Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, and In at the Death. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters--Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca--and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.

About this edition

• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0345457250
• ISBN 13: 9780345457257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608