{"product_id":"return-engagement-settling-accounts-book-one","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 façade 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","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50369588887909,"sku":"9780345464057","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/0538\/5573\/files\/imageloader_be2f76ba-1669-48f0-8cf7-8099b1364ae4.jpg?v=1790530325","url":"https:\/\/paralleluniversebooks.com\/products\/return-engagement-settling-accounts-book-one","provider":"Parallel Universe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}