{"product_id":"weapons-of-choice-9780345457134","title":"Weapons of Choice","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn the eve of America's greatest victory in the Pacific, a catastrophic event disrupts the course of World War II, forever changing the rules of combat. . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe impossible has spawned the unthinkable. A military experiment in the year 2021\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehas thrust an American-led multinational armada back to 1942, right into the middle of the U.S. naval task force speeding toward Midway Atoll--and what was to be the most spectacular U.S. triumph of the entire war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThousands died in the chaos, but the ripples had only begun. For these veterans of Pearl Harbor--led by Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, and Spruance--have never seen a helicopter, or a satellite link, or a nuclear weapon. And they've never encountered an African American colonel or a British naval commander who was a woman \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003ehalf-Pakistani. While they embrace the armada's awesome firepower, they may find the twenty-first century sailors themselves far from acceptable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInitial jubilation at news the Allies would win the war is quickly doused by the chilling realization that the time travelers themselves--by their very presence--have rendered history null and void. Celebration turns to dread when the possibility arises that other elements of the twenty-first century task force may have also made the trip--and might now be aiding Yamamoto and the Japanese. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens next is anybody's guess--and everybody's nightmare. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Birmingham\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmergence, Resistance, Ascendance, After America, Without Warning, Final Impact, Designated Targets, Weapons of Choice, \u003c\/i\u003eand other novels, as well as \u003ci\u003eLeviathan, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the National Award for Nonfiction at Australia's Adelaide Festival of the Arts, and the novella \u003ci\u003eStalin's Hammer: Rome\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Playboy, \u003c\/i\u003eand numerous other magazines. He lives at the beach with his wife, daughter, son, and two cats.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902205268242,"sku":"9780345457134","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a0025d6-94ff-4bc2-975c-3125537e2df4.jpg?v=1738449488","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/weapons-of-choice-9780345457134","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}