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Turtledove presents a starkly realistic view of what might have been had the Japanese followed the bombing of Pearl Harbor with a land invasion and occupied Hawaii. U.S. airman Fletch Armitage, held in a POW camp under horrifying conditions, keeps hope alive even as he slowly starves. His ex-wife, Jane, keeps her head down in occupied Wahiawa, tending her assigned garden plot and hoping she won't be raped. In this alternate history of World War II, the horrors of war are magnified, but the resilience of the human spirit shines through.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: Harry Turtledove
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