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SS-GBNovel
Len Deightonstandalone novel1978
Mystery & detective, about political intrigue and murder investigation, set in big city.
“Archer's investigation collides with occupation politics, the British resistance, and rival factions of the SS and the German Army, each wanting the case to go a different way.”
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The Milkweed TriptychSeries
series3 books2010
Historical fantasy, set in europe.
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The Leviathan TrilogySeries
series3 books2009
Steampunk, adventurous in tone, set in europe.
“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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ResistanceNovel
Owen Sheersstandalone novel2007
Historical fiction, reflective in tone, about forbidden love, set in 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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Days of InfamySeries
series2 books2004
War & military, about colonialism, set in north america.
“Harry Turtledove's Days of Infamy duology reimagines the Pacific theater of World War II with an alternate outcome at Pearl Harbor: a Japanese invasion and occupation of Hawaii rather than a single carrier strike.”
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The War in the AirNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1908
Military science fiction, about political intrigue, set in our world and europe.