{"product_id":"return-engagement-settling-accounts-book-one-9780345464057","title":"Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, Book One)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\" Harry Turtledove] handles his huge cast with admirable skill. The insights into racial politics elevate this novel to a status above mere entertainment, although it provides that aplenty.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 1941, and an alliance of peace holds in check the most powerful nations of the world--but it is an uneasy peace. Japan dominates the Pacific, the Russian tsar rules Alaska, and England, under Winston Churchill, chafes for a return to its former glory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind this fa ade of world order, America is a bomb waiting to explode. Jake Featherston, the megalomaniacal leader of the Confederate States of America, is just the man to light the fuse. Opposite him is Al Smith, a Socialist U.S. president in the Philadelphia White House. Smith is a living symbol of hope for a nation that has been through the hell of war and depression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeatherston and his Freedom Party are determined to conquer their Northern neighbor at any cost. After crushing a Negro rebellion in his own nation, Featherston sends Confederate army planes to attack Philadelphia. In the aftermath of the CSA blitzkrieg, the war machine spins a vortex of destruction, betrayal, and fury that no one--not even Jake Featherston himself--can control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Turtledove plays heady games with actual history, scattering object lessons and bitter ironies along the way.  \u003ci\u003eReturn Engagement\u003c\/i\u003e features] strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Another absorbing installment of  Turtledove's] character-centered alternate-history saga.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Turtledove\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works \u003ci\u003eThe Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Few Remain\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books: \u003ci\u003eBombs Away, Fallout, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Armistice;\u003c\/i\u003e the War That Came Early novels: \u003ci\u003eHitler's War, West and East, The Big Switch, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCoup d'Etat, Two Fronts, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Last Orders; \u003c\/i\u003ethe Worldwar saga: \u003ci\u003eIn the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Striking the Balance;\u003c\/i\u003e the Colonization books: \u003ci\u003eSecond Contact, Down to Earth, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Aftershocks; \u003c\/i\u003ethe Great War epics: \u003ci\u003eAmerican Front, Walk in Hell, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreakthroughs;\u003c\/i\u003e the American Empire novels: \u003ci\u003eBlood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVictorious Opposition;\u003c\/i\u003e and the Settling Accounts series: \u003ci\u003eReturn Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In at the Death\u003c\/i\u003e. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters--Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca--and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410594074898,"sku":"9780345464057","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7dd19f2d-3330-465b-a021-7ab6c3973c0c.jpg?v=1729305906","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/return-engagement-settling-accounts-book-one-9780345464057","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}