Final Impact by John Birmingham
The action is nonstop, the characters very real-and very different from each other-and, to coin a phrase, it makes you think.-S. M. Stirling, author of Island in the Sea of Time In the year 2021 a multinational fleet-experimenting with untested weapons technology-pitched through time, crash-landing in 1942. The world is thrown into chaos as Roosevelt, Hitler, Churchill, Tojo, and Stalin scramble to adapt to new, high-tech killing tools, and twenty-first-century ways of war. For uptimers like Britain's Prince Harry and the men and women who serve aboard the supercarrier US Hillary Clinton, war is a constant struggle with their own downtime allies, who are mired in ignorance and bigotry. As the Allies counter the Nazi assault and set off for the coast of France, Japan begins to buckle, soon every battle will be played out in a lethal dance of might and intelligence, unholy alliances and desperate gambles, and each clash will be fought with the ultimate weapon; knowledge from the future. Thanks to the historical records, all sides know that two superpowers will emerge, while the losers will be pounded into submission. But time has shifted on its axis, so none know who will survive, or how peace will take hold in a world turned upside down. These are the questions that John Birmingham brilliantly answers in his critically acclaimed adventure of war and imagination. Praise for John Birmingham's Weapons of Choice Birmingham's enthralling battleground mixes provocative historical fiction and socially conscious futurism.
-Entertainment Weekly High-tech intrigue and suspense similar to the works of Tom Clancy.
-Library Journal From the Trade Paperback edition.
Final Impact, Designated Targets, Weapons of Choice, He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco, How to Be a Man, The Hunt for Savage Henry, and Leviathan, which won Australia's National Prize for Nonfiction at the Adelaide Festival of the Arts, are among John Birmingham's works. Birmingham also won the Carlton United Sports Writing Award and the George Munster Prize for Freelance Story of the Year. He's written for publications such as The Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Playboy, and many others. With his wife, daughter, son, and two cats, he lives on the seashore.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780345457165 |
| ISBN 10 | 0345457161 |
| Title | Final Impact |
| Author | John Birmingham |
| Series | Axis Of Time |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2007-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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