England Expects (Empires Lost) (Volume 1), by Charles S Jackson
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Wartime England: June, 1940. Edward VIII still reigns following the suspicious death of his mistress, Wallis Simpson. France has fallen with 300,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force taken prisoner trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk. Left with almost no troops, guns or tanks, Britain stands alone against the might of a German Wehrmacht armed with assault rifles, main battle tanks, aircraft carriers and a pair of 'superguns' firing seven tonne shells across the English Channel. Day after day, Squadron Leader Alec Trumbull and a fast-dwindling number of broken veterans and inexperienced new-recruits take to the skies against the seemingly endless streams of German aircraft. His Spitfire damaged in the heat of battle and pursued by enemy fighters he can’t outrun, Trumbull is saved at the last moment by a strange jet aircraft that can land and take off vertically. He discovered that the advanced aircraft belongs to the Hindsight Unit: a UN task force from the 21st Century sent to combat a group of Neo-Nazis also returned from the future to aid Nazi Germany wins the Second World War. As technology accelerates and events begin to spiral out of control, Trumbull finds himself drawn into Hindsight’s desperate struggle to prevent a seemingly inevitable invasion of Great Britain and return history to its true course.
England Expects (Empires Lost) (Volume 1), by Charles S Jackson- Amazon Sales Rank: #1671451 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.56" w x 6.00" l, 2.00 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 690 pages
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. This on of the best alternative histories I have read By Patrick M. Dailey This on of the best alternative histories I have read. The twist is the use of intentional time travel from the future to alter WWII. The story is similar to the Kirov Saga, though the Kirov's time travel was accidental.(and after the 5th book got rather tedious)Two groups, the New Eagles(Nazis) and the Hindsight team (UN) travel back in time. The new Eagles are a group of new Nazis from the 21st century that go back in time (exactly when is a major part of the plot) with designs of Late WWII weapons to be inserted into the invasion of England in 1940. They also bring 4 modern SU27s. More importantly, they convince Hitler to not make the mistakes he made in "realtime", i.e. Invading Russia before finishing off England and continuing the destruction of the RAF instead of shifting to civilian targets.The Hindsight team arrives in 1940 with a C5 full of goodies and designs along with a KC11 tanker and a F35 Lightening and a F22 Raptor with the idea of countering the New Eagles.There is a great deal of technical data that many may not like, but, hey I'm an aviation/technology geek and I loved it. The author's historical research is very, very good. The character development is very good with some great characters. There is one in particular time traveling character that neither the New Eagles or the Hindsight team are aware of but seems fully aware of all the events of "Realtime" and the outcome of the current timeline. I'd buy the next book just to find out who this guy is.I have pre-ordered the next book. I would have given this book 5 stars but for the annoying typos and some incorrect word usage. Mr. Jackson, have someone edit.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Why Has No One Ever Heard Of This Book? By Daniel Weitz This is a great Alternative History read. It is well-written and grabs the reader almost immediately, and the reader senses that the author really enjoyed writing this book. This work is reminiscent of Turtledove's "Guns of the South" or the works of John Birmingham. I have no problem with the swiftness of economic change which seems to trouble one reviwer, after all, isn't that what "suspension of belief" is all about? It is hopefully the start of a new series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. If a Technothriller and "Guns of the South" had a baby in 1940. By Dhampir To begin, I rate using all 5 stars like I would grade A through F. Three stars is a C, which isn't a bad grade. I didn't buy this book but rather borrowed it from the Kindle Lending Library. I downloaded it last night and, after a sleepless night, finished this afternoon. It is sort of a combination of a techno-thriller and Harry Turtledove's "Guns of the South". I don't wish to give away plot points, but suffice it to say that time traveling brings modern military equipment, and the technology to produce more, into the World War II period. Unlike "Guns of the South", the--for lack of a better description--bad guy time-travelers are opposed by good guy time-travelers. The story is fairly interesting, and the point-of-view characters give us both action and intrigue. Those characters span both Nazi and Allied contemporary soldiers and select time travelers.Good things first. The author spends a lot of verbiage talking about technology, and I found little to take issue with. He knows his stuff well enough to describe it and its working. His speculative technology is firmly grounded in established time-travel scifi. The writing isn't bad. Action starts quickly in the book, there isn't a lot of tedious front-loaded exposition. It keeps apace and doesn't drag too much. The point of view characters on each side more-or-less occupy parallel positions in their respective hierarchies--for instance, a British pilot and a German pilot form a pair of POV characters--but this does not lend to being parallel stories. The characters diverge rapidly.Bad things second, and one thing stands out more than anything else. Dialog is difficult and I don't think the author is on firm ground with it. The British characters speak in cliche. And everyone else seems to speak in an identical modern vernacular; I suppose it would be Australian English, but it's jarring at times. As the book series progresses, I hope this evolves into people speaking in more period- and nationality-appropriate ways.All in all, it's not a bad book. And when I can borrow another book, I'll check out the next one in the series.
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