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Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with DeathNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1969
Literary & general, dark in tone, set in mid 20th century.
“Vonnegut opens in his own voice, describing the twenty years it took him to face writing about surviving the firebombing of Dresden as a POW.”
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The SeparationNovel
Christopher Prieststandalone novel2002
Mysterious in tone, about identity, set in british isles.
“The author introduces a deliberate confusion by giving these brothers identical initials – J.L. Sawyer – one known as Jack and the other as Joe.”
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ResistanceNovel
Owen Sheersstandalone novel2007
About forbidden love, set in british isles and countryside & village.
“The plot centers on the inhabitants of a valley near Abergavenny in Wales in 1944–45, shortly after the failure of Operation Overlord and a successful German counterinvasion of Great Britain.”
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The War in the AirNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1908
Military science fiction, about political intrigue, set in our world.
Todd FamilySeries
series2 books2013
Literary & general, bittersweet in tone, about family secrets, set in british isles.
“The companion novel A God in Ruins turns to Ursula's brother Teddy, a bomber pilot, following his one, single life forward from the war through old age.”
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The Leviathan TrilogySeries
series3 books2009
Steampunk, adventurous in tone, about genetic engineering.
“Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”
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