The Big Switch (The War That Came Early, Book Three)

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In 1941 Winston Churchill was Hitler's worst enemy. Then a Nazi secret agent changed everything. What if Neville Chamberlain, instead of appeasing Hitler, had stood up to him in 1938 Enraged, Hitler reacts by lashing out at the West, promising his soldiers that they will reach Paris by the new year. Instead, three years pass, and with his genocidal apparatus not fully in place, Hitler barely survives a coup, while Jews cling to survival, and England and France wonder whether the war is still worthwhile. The stage is set for World War II to unfold far differently from the history we know-courtesy of Harry Turtledove, wizard of "what if," in the continuation of his thrilling series- The War That Came Early. Through the eyes of characters ranging from a brawling American serving with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain to a woman who has seen Hitler's evil face-to-face, The Big Switch rolls relentlessly forward into 1941. As the Germans and their Polish allies slam into the gut of the Soviet Union in the west, Japan pummels away in the east. Meanwhile, in the trenches of France, French and Czech forces are outmanned but not outfought by their Nazi enemy. Then the stalemate is shattered. In England Winston Churchill dies suddenly, leaving the gray men wondering who their real enemy is. And as the USSR makes peace with Japan, the empire of the Rising Sun looks westward-its war with America about to begin.

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For lovers of high-quality alternate history . . . definitely [Turtledoves] strongest yet.Booklist

The Hugo Award winner continues to delight in exploring the world of what if as he tackles a formidable subject.Library Journal

If you like alternate histories, youre going to like this series a lot.The San Diego Union-Tribune

Author Bio

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.