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After the Downfall
After the Downfall
Author: Harry Turtledove
From Harry Turtledove, the master of alternate history, comes After the Downfall, a novel of magic, epic warfare, and desperate choices. 1945: Russian troops have entered Berlin, and are engaged in a violent orgy of robbery, rape, and revenge. Wehrmacht officer Hasso Pemsel, a career soldier on the losing end of the greatest war in history, fle...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781597801317
ISBN-10: 1597801313
Pages: 256
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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ashikael avatar reviewed After the Downfall on + 4 more book reviews
I will admit, I originally bought this book because of the cover. I was browsing through the science fiction section at the bookstore and... well, come on! A Nazi officer riding a unicorn? How could this not intrigue you? :)

The story did not disappoint either. It is not the typical alternate history fiction I've read from Turtledove - this one is not set on earth, but in a new world that Hasso Pemsel "falls into" where the Lenelli (a race quite like the Aryans) and the Grenye (the native people the Lenelli see as inferior) are at war with one another. It puts the ideas of lesser and superior races under a microscope in Pemsel's mind, and he realizes everything he believed to be true in Nazi Germany was a lie.

Overall, it is a very feel-good book, and will leave you happy at the end :)
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Turledove at his best-I really enjoyed this book,and then sent it along to a fellow Turtledove fan.