Promotional Information

Halfway through World War II aliens invaded Earth. They were repelled - but now, years later they are back ... This is the third volume in the three-part Colonisation series, which follows the Worldwar trilogy, Colonisation: Second Contact and Colonisation: Down to Earth. The whole sequence will conclude with Homeward Bound.

About the Author

Harry Turtledove has lived in Southern California all his life He has a Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Los Angeles and has taught at UCLA, California State Fullerton and California State University, Los Angeles. He has written many works of speculative fiction and fantasy. He is married to the novelist Laura Frankos and they have three daughters.

Reviews

"1 'With shocking vividness, Turtledove demonstrates the extreme fragility of our modern world... This is state-of-the-art alternate history, nothing less' Publishers Weekly (starred review for HOW FEW REMAIN) 2 'Good fun. It has an authentic speculative quality, energy and dash' TIME OUT (about WORLD OF DIFFERENCE) 3 'Engrossing... definitely the work of one of alternate history's authentic modern masters... totally fascinating' BOOKLIST (about THE GREAT WAR) 4 'The wizard of If.' Chicago Sun-Times

"1 'With shocking vividness, Turtledove demonstrates the extreme fragility of our modern world... This is state-of-the-art alternate history, nothing less' Publishers Weekly (starred review for HOW FEW REMAIN) 2 'Good fun. It has an authentic speculative quality, energy and dash' TIME OUT (about WORLD OF DIFFERENCE) 3 'Engrossing... definitely the work of one of alternate history's authentic modern masters... totally fascinating' BOOKLIST (about THE GREAT WAR) 4 'The wizard of If.' Chicago Sun-Times

Hugo winner Turtledove lives up to his billing as the grand master of alternative history in the concluding volume of his trilogy (after 2000's Colonization: Down to Earth), set in the same universe as his Worldwar series, about a close encounter between the reptilian "Race" (or Lizards) and their human hosts/enemies/subjects (pick any or all) on "Tosev 3" (aka Earth) in the 1960s. Here he develops the previous volumes' theme of an emerging common culture, as revealed in the vivid saga of the Yeager family and the Lizard-raised Japanese-American woman, Kassquit, who gets a belated introduction to human sexuality. The author shows he can be just as deft with relationships as with action. Having already discovered politics, change, intrigue, treason and cold weather, the invading race is now learning about bribery and monogamy. The humans have cheerfully looted their conquerors' technology to the point where the United States is fitting small asteroids with large rocket engines to use as bombardment weapons. In Europe, the ongoing complexities of human society show up in the much-diminished German Reich, where Jewish leader Mordecai Anielwicz and Luftwaffe astronaut Johannes Drucker join forces to find their missing families and prevent Jewish desperadoes from wreaking havoc with a stolen A-bomb. This novel is altogether excellent of its type, even if the end will leave readers wondering hopefully about possible sequels. (Feb.) Copyright 2001Cahners Business Information.