This appealing collection of short stories from master alternative history storyteller Harry Turtledove, author of The Guns of the South , provides entertaining historical plot twists for the reader. Lovers of alternative history and science fiction will be enchanted with these tales that include a genetically altered pig that might be considered a kosher meat, a baseball player that continually gets fluke hits, a retired confederate captain who returns to the battlefield for a reunion and a student who finds Genghis Kahn in the twentieth century. Rich characters and scenes make the stories come to life.
Departures is a grand collection of alternative history and science fiction short stories.
A great way for readers to introduce themselves to the alternative history genre. I could have been like had the United States never joined together as one country. The book comprises the full development and action of an engaging war between two sides of the United States in 1914, known as the Great War. On either side are the blacks, who are still slaves in the South, and are oppressed and looked down upon by most of the Whites in the country. The Great War ravages North America and takes place on land, sea and the sky as Turtledove shows how the airplane becomes a remarkable fighting machine.