Weapons of Choice (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 1)

ISBN: 0345457137

Author: Birmingham, John

Condition: New

On the eve of Americas greatest victory in the Pacific, a catastrophic event disrupts the course of World War II, forever changing the rules of combat. . . .The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. A military experiment in the year 2021has thrust an American-led multinational armada back to 1942, right into the middle of the U.S. naval task force speeding toward Midway Atoll-and what was to be the most spectacular U.S. triumph of the entire war.Thousands died in the chaos, but the ripples had only begun. For these veterans of Pearl Harbor-led by Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, and Spruance-have never seen a helicopter, or a satellite link, or a nuclear weapon. And theyve never encountered an African American colonel or a British naval commander who was a woman and half-Pakistani. While they embrace the armadas awesome firepower, they may find the twenty-first century sailors themselves far from acceptable.Initial jubilation at news the Allies would win the war is quickly doused by the chilling realization that the time travelers themselves-by their very presence-have rendered history null and void. Celebration turns to dread when the possibility arises that other elements of the twenty-first century task force may have also made the trip-and might now be aiding Yamamoto and the Japanese.What happens next is anybodys guess-and everybodys nightmare. . . .