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Stephen
Aug 06, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: audiobook, alternative-history, science-fiction, 1990-1999, world-war-the-sequel, mystery, crime
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I’ve never read a book that more starkly highlighted for me how thankful the good people of the world should be that the allies won World War II. While my final rating was a somewhat subdued 3 stars, there are parts of this story that I found extremely compelling.
 
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Welcome to a very dark future...
 
It's 1964, and all of Germany is preparing to celebrate Adolf Shitler’s 75th birthday. As part of this national event, the President of the United States, Joseph P. Ke ...more
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Caleb Liu
Dec 24, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
That rare thing - a thriller that is intelligent, fast-paced, historically accurate and deeply satisfying. A historical what if that is quite audacious, handled with considerable aplomb. Move over Dan Brown!

My own personal interest in Hitler and the Third Reich made this novel even more fun and enjoyable.
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Bryan457
Jun 23, 2010 rated it it was ok
Shelves: crime-mystery-detective, alternative-history, dystopia
A detective novel set in an alternate history where Germany was not defeated in WW2, but instead fought to a standstill.
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David Monroe
Apr 13, 2012 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical-fiction, 20th-century, alt-history, science-fiction, dystopia
Again, the Goodreads rating system fails. Half stars, please. I'd give this 3.5, but since I can't, it gets 3. Yes, I rounded down on this one. ...more
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Walt O'Hara
Feb 29, 2008 rated it it was ok
Much as I love alternative history as a niche genre, I found this to be surprisingly ho-hum given the amount of raves it received at the time. The "twist" is telegraphed and very unsatisfying at the end. The denouement was entirely unsatifying. ...more
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Velvetink
Feb 20, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: war
Read it sometime?, brought it home from the folks place to read again.
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Randy
Oct 07, 2007 rated it did not like it
The 2nd of Harris's books I've read - and the last. ...more
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John Thompson
Feb 28, 2008 rated it liked it
Tani
Sep 14, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: male-author, fiction, 2009, mystery
Allison
Jan 13, 2010 marked it as to-read
bsc
Apr 05, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-2010, fiction, alternate-history
Joro
Jan 07, 2011 marked it as wishlist
Shelves: alternate-history
Mir
Feb 18, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Ted
Mar 21, 2011 rated it really liked it
James
Apr 23, 2011 marked it as on-my-wishlist-sff-2
Shelves: alternate-history
Mark Rayner
Dec 28, 2012 rated it really liked it
Terri
Jan 03, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
JM
Sep 30, 2015 rated it liked it
Carrie
Oct 07, 2019 marked it as to-read
Lucija
Feb 02, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audiobooks
William
Jul 12, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: one-drive-to-read
Steven
Apr 10, 2022 rated it really liked it
Keith
Jan 04, 2023 marked it as to-read
NebulousGloom (FK)
Jul 23, 2023 marked it as to-read
Shelves: thriller
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