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Title: On Seas So Crimson
Subtitle: Usurper's War Collection, No. 1
Author: James Young
Narrator: K. Caldwell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-20-17
Publisher: James L. Young Jr
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
This is a collection for James Young's Usurper's War. It contains Acts of War and Collisions of the Damned
"Author James Young shows himself to be a master of that science fiction sub-genre called 'Alternate History'." - Midwest Book Review
Adolf Hitler is dead. Great Britain lies prostrate, subdued under a storm of poison gas and incendiaries that have turned the great city of London into a blazing abattoir. The Royal Family's whereabouts are unknown, while Heinrich Himmler, new Fuhrer of the victorious Reich, prepares to dictate terms.
For RAF Squadron Leader Adam Haynes, London's destruction is the nightmare outcome of years spent fighting the specter of Fascism. With his own combatant status uncertain, Adam must rush to save as many of his Polish-speaking pilots as he can.
Great Britain's subjugation also has an immediate effect on Lieutenant (j.g.) Eric Cobb. Thrust unwillingly into combat between the Royal Navy and the Kriegsmarine, Eric must immediately make choices that not only affect himself, but will alter the course of history.
In the Pacific, Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi witnesses firsthand the myriad opportunities that Germany's victory has provided for Japan. Defeated in China by Soviet forces after the Imperial Army foolishly attached northwards in December 1941, Japan has not only changed governments to a Navy dominated cabinet, but also changed strategies. It is to the south, in the oil rich Dutch East Indies, that Nippon will find her destiny. Yamaguchi, as the new head of the Kido Butai, must develop a plan that prevents American interference while simultaneously husbanding the Imperial Japanese Navy's strength for a single, great decisive battle.
Members Reviews:
Excellent alternate history
Excellent alternate history. Good premise, well developed. Combat scenes well done. Young's grasp of technical issues, operations/logistics, and weapons systems of the time is truly impressive; and it's very clearly and interestingly explained.
Sustained, compelling narrative. A good story that carries you along. Highly recommended.
Speed-read through the obligatory "Family and Human Interest" scenes (unfortunately, that includes the first few pages - keep going, it gets much better); their essence is accurate, but the scenes are labored.
The dialogue tends to the leaden, but it's not too bad.
Looking forward to next volume!
Historically believable and dramatically riveting story-telling alternate history of World War Two as it could have been.
This alternate history of WW II is quite well written, and keeps the action going as it shows the drama from both the AXIS and ALLIED sides of battles. What if this or that part of known history had happened just a little differently, and how much it would have affected the battles and structure of the WAR MACHINES of both sides is wonderfully brought to life in these remarkable pages of believable battles. Which figures will be remembered by history and which will be swept away to obscurity by events and circumstance different from what we know in our time-line?
James Young has studied his history well, taken great care to make the conflicts, politics, and personal issues of the times to follow a believable and acceptable alternative timeline .
