I really enjoy science fiction so a lot of the books I've read in this quater are science fiction. Here's a brief runthrough.
The Great War:Walk in Hell by Harry Turtledove
This book was really good. It was the second book in a series of alternative history books by Harry Turtledove. Harry Turtledove has written alot of alternative history books, and this is part of a several series collection titled Southern Victory(The south won the Civil War and another war called The Second Mexican War before losing World Wars 1 and 2) . The book has a revolving cast of at least a dozen charecters, with each getting little point of view segments throughout the book.It chronicles a alternitive history World War 1 with England, France, Russia, and the Confederacy on one side and Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the United States in the book. It features fighting in Utah, Oklahoma, and Canada as well as a African American revolt. The book ends with the revolt winding down somewhat but the United States pushing its way south.
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HALO Encyclopedia:The Definitive Guide to the HALO Universe.
This book is all about HALO, which is a combat video game. It discusses humans, the fanatical Covenant, the parasictal Flood, and the mysterious Forerunners. The war between the humans and Covenant raged for years. The humans were fighting for survival, but the Covenant was just too advanced.(Plasma weapons, as opposed to human projectile weapons)The creation of the Spartans, human supersoldiers with special battlesuits, slowed down the Covenant, but the drive towards Earth seemed unstobbable until the Flood were unleashed at Halo and the truth about the Covenant's universal religon came out, causing a Covenont Civil War. The Flood were completely destroyed, and the Covenant Loyalists were beaten by the humans and the Covenant Seperists.This book details human and Covenant ships, technology, vechiles, worlds, and weapons. I enjoyed this book greatly.
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American Empire:The Victorious Opposition
This book was set after alternitive World War 1 were the Confederacy was beaten. However , the the Freedom Party(alternitive version of the Nazi party) has just won the election and has taken over the C.S.A. They immediatly begin rearming for the next war while the USA lets them. The USA also lets part of Texas and the whole of Kentucky go back to the C.S.A.However, President Featherston of the Freedom Party isn't sastisfyied until finally the USA says no and then he orders an invasion of the USA to take more land by force. The book ends with the CSA invading the USA.
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