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John Birmingham
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 US 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 Harbour 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 twenty first century firepower. What happens next is anybody's guess � and everybody's nightmare�
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Author
John Birmingham
Pages
816
Publisher
Penguin Adult
Published Date
2006-12-07
ISBN
0141029110 9780141029115
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"The book begins with a list of names, which was a turn-off. The names meant nothing to me, yet, so I couldn't care about them. I skimmed the list and started the story. Not big into science fiction or war stories, I half-heartedly read the beginning.<br/><br/>And then they got zapped back in time. I wasn't expecting that.<br/><br/>From that moment, the book was mostly a page turner, a thoroughly engrossing read. My only real complaint, because of which I lopped off a star, is that I found the dialogue horrible."
Nik Lal
