Weapons Of Choice

Author: John Birmingham

Crikey mate, Stephen Irwin got killed by a sting ray, Crocodile Dundee, alternate history science-fiction. Ever heard of a top science fiction Australian author? *Crickets chirping* No, me either. Australians almost never make top science-fiction novel lists, so it's pretty impressive that an Aussie has come up with the most recent, contemporary, science fiction, time travel, military, and alternate history novel of recent times. Birmingham has got a handle on a whole range of genres there, so the Aussies don't have to worry that they're only representing one subgenre of science-fiction. The Axis of Time series is a World War 2 alternate history series by John Birmingham. A technologically advanced navy from 2021 accidentally time travels back to 1942. In Weapons of Choice a radical Islamic movement has waged a jihad against the west. The U.S. launches a counter attack using the Nagoya a secret weapons and stealth system, using quantum physics. The Nagoya tests its systems, but accidentally tears a rift in the space-time continuum, destroying the Nagoya and sending the fleet back to 1942, right into a fleet battle between the Americans and the Japanese. The Americans mistake them for the enemy and turn fire on them. They realize their mistake, hold a truce, and study the new technology available to them. Some of the fleet falls into the hands of the Japanese, Germans and Soviets. After capturing an Indonesian ship from the 2012 fleet, the Japanese realize that the Americans are aware of their battle plans. Admiral Yamamoto turns his fleet around and the Battle of Midway never takes place. The Germans also abandon their plans to invade Russia, and Hitler and Stalin become allies. So get this Aussie goodness into you. It's technologically, it rewrites history in a unique way and it's riveting and with the right dose of violence.

Books in The Axis Of Time Series (3)

Designated Targets

Final Impact

Stalin's Hammer: Rome