Weapons of Choice: A NovelOn 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. . . . The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. A military experiment in the year 2021 has 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. Thousands 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 and half-Pakistani. While they embrace the armada’s awesome firepower, they may find the twenty-first century sailors themselves far from acceptable. Initial 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. What happens next is anybody’s guess—and everybody’s nightmare. . . . |
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Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 28 |
Section 3 | 37 |
Section 4 | 67 |
Section 5 | 113 |
Section 6 | 118 |
Section 7 | 131 |
Section 8 | 146 |
Section 20 | 287 |
Section 21 | 298 |
Section 22 | 320 |
Section 23 | 327 |
Section 24 | 341 |
Section 25 | 352 |
Section 26 | 363 |
Section 27 | 370 |
Section 9 | 157 |
Section 10 | 170 |
Section 11 | 182 |
Section 12 | 193 |
Section 13 | 221 |
Section 14 | 225 |
Section 15 | 237 |
Section 16 | 246 |
Section 17 | 264 |
Section 18 | 271 |
Section 19 | 279 |
Section 28 | 393 |
Section 29 | 400 |
Section 30 | 411 |
Section 31 | 421 |
Section 32 | 431 |
Section 33 | 440 |
Section 34 | 455 |
Section 35 | 461 |
Section 36 | 480 |
Section 37 | 484 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Weapons of Choice: A Novel Volume 1 of Axis of Time |
| Author | John Birmingham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House Worlds, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0345457137, 9780345457134 |
| Length | 512 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Alternative History Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / War & Military |
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