Alternative World History

1940: In Europe Hitler’s original plans to start a war the year before have been delayed, giving Germany another year to build up its vast military strength. The Allies, by contrast, continue to try and appease the dictator in vain hopes of avoiding a repeat of the First World War. Prime Minister Chamberlain attempts to negotiate a treaty before things get too far out of control. Meanwhile, Winston Churchill tries desperately to rally his country in order to meet the threat that he knows is coming. Elsewhere, Japan’s war in China continues to ravage that country. Millions are already ...

From the Great Pyramid to the Tunguska Explosion, from Atlantis to Area 51—100 enigmas that still defy explanation. What did the builders of Stonehenge know that we've forgotten? Why were the Nazca Lines drawn on a scale only visible from the sky? How did ancient civilizations cut, transport, and place stones so massive and precise that modern engineers struggle to replicate the feat? The Little Black Book of Ancient Mysteries is a guided tour through 100 of history's most enduring puzzles—monuments whose construction defies conventional explanation, manuscripts no one can read, ...

It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the COVID-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces - perhaps the driving force - of world history: fear of God, of famine, war, disease, poverty, and other people. In Fear: An Alternative History of the World, Robert Peckham considers the impact of fear in history, as both a coercive tool of power and as a catalyst for social change.

From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a...

Blackbeard survived the Wild West. Now the storm hurls him into World War II. Swept once more through the mysterious vortex of time, Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, and their crew awaken in 1941—the most dangerous moment in history. Caught between U.S. Navy destroyers, Japanese fighter planes, and a German U-boat, they soon discover a Nazi commander obsessed with a legendary relic: the Sacred Lotus Twins of Goa, artifacts rumored to hold the power to twist the course of time itself. Now pirates, outlaws, and cowboys must navigate a terrifying new battlefield of submarines, carrier decks, and ...

Summer 1941: The British Isles have been invaded! Germany’s conquest of Europe now extends onto British soil. The situation is dire. The British Army is still reeling from its defeat on the continent, the RAF is facing a Luftwaffe that is many times larger and only the Royal Navy is in any shape to meet the enemy. Despite all of this, Churchill is determined to fight on, no matter the cost. In Berlin, Albert Speer has created a monster. The German war machine he’s built up is now reaching a new peak and showing no signs of slowing down. Spain has attacked Gibraltar and in a stunning ...

When the sky fell and the earth split, one girl rose from the ashes with a secret that would reshape humanity’s fate. 24,000 years before the dawn of history, when tribes wandered beneath star-born gods, a fire fell from the heavens. The strike unleashes an ancient evil never meant to wake—and tears open a rift between worlds. Kaya—a young warrior fighting to save her tribe—meets Ethan, a man from a dying future. She lived before history. He’s yet to be born. Their destiny was forged in battle. Their love, written in the stars. What began as a fight for survival becomes an epic ...

Temeraire * Book 2 When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo–an unhatched dragon’s egg–Capt. Will Laurence of HMS Reliant unexpectedly became master and commander of the noble dragon he named Temeraire. As new recruits in Britain’s Aerial Corps, man and dragon soon...

Imagine the skies of World War II – not just filled with planes, but with dragons. A WWII alternate history fantasy with dragons, magic, and myth reborn. Pendragon Keep is crumbling. The guns of the Channel roar. And Captain Jack Hanlon walks the parapet with nine tons of storm-breathing wyrm above him, listening to the only rhythm that hasn’t betrayed him. In 1944, the skies are no longer owned by aircraft alone. In a world where dragons are more than weapons, Jack leads the 12th Battalion: an elite unit of dragon-riders tasked with surviving a war twisted by rune-charged infantry, ...

What if the gods of ancient myth were never gods at all? For thousands of years, the Anunnaki have haunted the edge of history—mysterious sky beings, powerful rulers, and possible creators of humanity. Behind the Golden Thrones: Inside the Anunnaki Conspiracy takes you deep into the heart of this forbidden mystery. Inside, you’ll uncover: ✅ The ancient Sumerian texts hinting at extraterrestrial origins. ✅ Theories of genetic engineering, hybrid bloodlines, and the “divine right” to rule. ✅ Whistleblower claims of ongoing Anunnaki contact and hidden influence today. ✅ How ...

“Welcome to the world’s greatest mystery. It has everything-clues and ciphers, red herrings, and consciously enigmatic jokes. There are villains, victims, and heroes littering the plotlines, along with ancient books, inscrutable monuments, and strange unearthly figures that flit along through the ages as if they had a purchase agreement on eternity.” The Pharaohs of Egypt, Plato, Aristotle, Sir Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon, and the late Stephen Hawking, have all sought to learn the secret of the ancient ones. A secret so powerful it can change the world. Sprinkled throughout the ...

Special Services, Britain's elite fighting unit It's 1941. France has fallen. Europe is currently under occupation. The tattered remnants of the British Expeditionary Force have retreated home. Britain now hangs by a thread, and the situation grows more desperate every day. With little standing between Hitler and a full-on invasion of the British homeland, they hatch a plan that would employ their newest unit and gain an item vital to the war effort. Success could reverse the tide. Private Benton Willoughby, most recently of the Irish Guards and a veteran of the Norwegian Campaign, never ...

The war that the world had hoped to avoid has begun. Everywhere there is chaos. Hitler’s armies now control Europe. In one fell swoop Germany has changed the face of the continent and now only the British people remain free. In Spain, Franco considers joining the conflict. In the Far East, Japan’s war on China is about to take a different turn. And Stalin’s war on Finland has met with utter defeat for the Red Army, leaving many wondering about another purge in Russia. Now comes the next stage. While Hitler ties together an alliance that will secure his nation’s supremacy he also ...

Two weeks into the Third World War, the Warsaw Pact has won the Battle of Bremen. NATO makes ready for a last stand on the Weser. As a Soviet army prepares to invade the Netherlands, the battered Dutch I Corps redeploys to the frontier. Meanwhile, the Dutch government contemplates enemy occupation for the second time in the 20th century. Across the Netherlands the government, the military, and Dutch people rally to the defense of the nation.

March 1942: Adolf Hitler is dead at the hands of the Royal Air Force. A vengeful Luftwaffe has exacted the Third Reich’s revenge on Great Britain, and London lies in flames. With the Royal Family fleeing to Canada and Great Britain’s Pacific colonies being ceded to Imperial Japan, the United States faces a stark, dangerous future alone. With a broad cast of characters underpinned by historical research, Acts of War examines the terrifying “What if…” of a German victory in Europe followed by upheaval in the Court of St. James.

These gripping historical thrillers, in a bundle, blend the thrill of military strategy with the intrigue of time travel. In the exciting first story, Pearl Harbor Victory: America Defeats the Japanese Attack on Hawaii, December 1941, Robert Evans, a brilliant physicist and time traveler, embarks on a daring mission to alter the course of history. Armed with knowledge of the future, he travels back to 1941 to prevent one of America's darkest days—Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. As Evans navigates the tension-filled corridors of Washington and works with President Roosevelt, General ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the...

In this engaging social history New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, “the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today” (Wall Street Journal), completes his epic Last Kingdom series with this companion book featuring three exclusive short stories and...

The year is 2265 and Earth is a utopia populated by enlightened and contented people. During this time virtual reality simulations of past events can be generated using unlimited computing power. One such project stems from the events surrounding a car accident in 1945 involving General George S. Patton. The simulation is used to see what an alternative world would look like without the General, who was killed in the accident. The simulation shows the utopians our world, where humanity has continued along the same path of self-destruction it has taken for millennia and the Cold War ...

Known for his New York Times best-selling alternate history novels, Flint is equally a master of shorter forms, and this second large volume gathers more of Flint's shorter works. Including several stories and a short novel set in Flint's celebrated Ring of Fire alternate history series. A commemorative novelette set in Poul Anderson's Operation Chaos universe. A story with Dave Freer, set in his and Flint's popular Rats, Bats, and Vats series. Several humorous short stories addressing Biblical literalism. A long novella in a Martian steampunk setting.