Deze epische saga speelt zich af in een alternatieve geschiedenis waarin de mensheid tijdens cruciale momenten van de 20e eeuw wordt geconfronteerd met een buitenaardse invasie. Zie hoe de wereldmachten, verdeeld door hun eigen conflicten, een buitenaardse dreiging moeten trotseren. De serie onderzoekt de reactie van de mensheid op een existentiële crisis, terwijl oude vijandschappen worden geconfronteerd met een nieuwe, overweldigende kracht vanuit de sterren. Het is een aangrijpend onderzoek naar overleving en de mogelijke uitroeiing van de mensheid tegenover een onbegrijpelijke vijand.
The earth has succumbed to an uneasy peace with their alien invaders. Both sides have fought each other more or less to a stand-still. But what humanity is yet to grasp is that events are not so easily diverted. The alien race's initial assault was just that - initial
In 1942 Hitler led the world's most savage military machine. Stalin ruled Russia while America was just beginning to show its strength in World War II. Then, in Harry Turtledove's brilliantly imagined Worldwar saga, an alien assault changed everything. Nuclear destruction engulfed major cities, and the invaders claimed half the planet before an uneasy peace could be achieved.A spectacular tale of tyranny and freedom, destruction and hope, Colonization takes us into the tumultuous 1960s, as the reptilian Race ponders its uneasy future. But now a new, even deadlier war threatens. Though the clamoring tribes of Earth play dangerous games of diplomacy, the ultimate power broker will be the Race itself. For the colonists have one option no human can ignore. With a vast, ancient empire already in place, the Race has the power to annihilate every living being on planet Earth . . .
Set in the same universe as the Worldwar series, Colonization: Aftershocks brings us to Earth in the 1960s, where four superpowers rule: the United States, Russia, Nazi Germany, and the aliens of the Race. The arrival of the aliens shot Earth technology forward at a dizzying rate—the world of 1960 includes routine space shuttle traffic, computers on every desk, and other high tech advancements. Aftershocks reveals that it was the United States that launched the nuclear offensive against the aliens, and when the aliens learn the truth, Indianapolis disappears in nuclear fire. In alien-held China, a full-fledged rebellion is launched, and in Poland, a nuclear bomb goes missing—held by Jewish forces who seek to use it against the Nazis.The nations of Earth begin to realize that their only hope in holding back the aliens will be to work together. Because separately, they may face extinction.About the Author: Harry Turtledove is a Hugo Award-winning and critically acclaimed writer of science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history. His novels include The Guns of the South, How Few Remain—winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel—and the Worldwar tetralogy. The Great War: American Front was chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of 1998.