Weapons of Choice

Axis of Time, Book 1

By: John Birmingham

Narrated by: Jay Snyder

Length: 20 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. In 2021, a quantum military experiment goes horrifically wrong. A multinational taskforce of ultra-modern warships is suddenly transported back in time to 1942...right into the path of the U.S. naval battle group bound for Midway Atoll.

History is rewritten in an instant as the future smashes into the past, and high-tech hardware goes head to head with World War Two technology. In the chaos that ensues, thousands are killed, but the maelstrom has only just begun. The veterans of Pearl Harbor have never seen a helicopter, or a cruise missile - let alone nanotechnology, ceramic bullets, and F22 Raptor stealth jetfighters.

Allied and Axis forces are then caught in a desperate struggle to gain the upper hand - each hoping to tip the balance with a fist full of 21st-century firepower. What happens next is anybody's guess - and everybody's nightmare.

Listen to the entire Axis of Time trilogy.

©2005 John Birmingham (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

weapons of Choice- Excellent!

This is a great read- if you a history buff and loved how things unfolded at midway, this is a great alternate universe read. I can see this as a major motion picture with Tom Hanks as Kolhammer. This would be a great movie trilogy.

great story

enjoyed this recording very much. looking forward to the rest of the trilogy and the other trilogy by Birmingham

Story jumps a lot during the first half

but slowly come together for a unique adventure that no other book can offer. Makes me with for more time traveling military events.

excellent in every way

A great book, alternative history at its best. can not wait to listen to the next book. Very well read, and easy to listen too.

Riveting plot. Complex characters.

Book involves rare situation of science fiction in the past. Interesting interactions between travelers from our future back to WW II era. Narration is excellent.

Neo-liberal power fantasy.

Imagine watching CNN during the early days of the Iraq war. And you’ve got a pretty good idea of what this book is like. Utterly clueless and hilariously imperialistic. However if you can stick it out the story itself is decent for the first two book. (I recommend you stop at book two.)

Excellent Alternate History

I really enjoyed the premise of this book and rank the storytelling right up there with Jack Campbell's "Lost Fleet Series" in the intensity of the action and portrayal of characters.

There may be too much gratuitous sex sprinkled throughout though. I really don't need to know about Beria getting ready to masturbate to pornography while talking to Stalin (book 3). And way too much with Slim Jim.

Worth the credits.

Superb!

This is a great read and Jay Snyder does a wonderful job of it. Wow, what a Tom Clancy type action tech thriller. I can't put it down and can't wait to read the next one. A terrific science fiction time twister indeed. Fabulous!

enjoyed the book laughed at some of the reviewers

How did the narrator detract from the book?

His version of women did sound a bit like a mincing queen.

Any additional comments?

I found myself wondering if it was the writing that I did not like or if I just felt the main characters were not "strong" enough at times and did not stand up for themselves as much as they could have. I did decide that the missteps, hesitancy, missed opportunities or hackneyed path not taken gave the characters some genuine feel instead of some unbelievable super captain-america-avenger. It has just enough balance of action, intrigue, horror, outrage and revenge with moderately interesting characters to bring you back.If there is anything that might hold this book together is the effort at keeping authenticity and human failings with the characters while asking you to accept the plot and the situation with which they have to manage. The 21st century characters face bigotry, fear, anger, blame, violence. Many of the contemporary politicians and people would rather ignore what they have to say or offer and repeat their own mistakes or worse. It is form over substance. Cursing matters more than being competent. The color of your skin or who you know is far more important than what you have to say or your actions and someone who worries about cursing doesn't care a bit about racial slurs. A true american hero is just someone with good PR (sound familiar) … it would be un-American to suggest that our torpedoes don't work … even though we know american torpedoes in the pacific were a disaster … Better to stick your head in the sand and say america is number 1 than to do something about it and win. All too familiar with today which is why it was so hard to buy the premise that these people were from 2020 but the backstory was that they were shaped by a very different conflict. I must say it always amazes me to see reviews with "politically correct" and "too much bad language". If you had just purchased a children's book or another selection from your fox news readers list perhaps you may be disappointed but in a military adventure depicting the future there are going to be some ships named after some politicians that you may know today. Get over it. In the real world there are bound to be ships named for some politician that somebody didn't like. Get over it. The Navy does. As for the bad language. You must be joking. I am sure through death camps, firing squads, the squalor and terror of war what you would most be worried about is a cursing sailor.

this book has an interesting twist

The idea of going back in time is eye opening,. it makes one think ; how would you handle this situation with so many different races ;different attitudes . I can't wait to view to see this series unfolds