Armistice: The Hot War

Armistice: The Hot War

In the final book of the blistering trilogy The Hot War, old hatreds and new chances for revenge are unleashed on an already devastated worldâ€”as the Cold War becomes a roaring inferno.

In 1952 American cities lie in ruins. President Harry Truman, in office since 1945, presides over a makeshift government in Philadelphia, suffering his own personal loss and fearing for the future of democracy. In the wake of Hitlerâ€™s reign, Germany and America have become allies, and Stalinâ€™s vise hold on power in the USSR persists. Unwilling to trust the Soviet tyrant, Truman launches a long-planned nuclear strike on the city of Omskâ€”killing Stalin and plunging the Red Army into leaderless, destructive anarchy. Meanwhile, the Baltic states careen toward rebellion, and Poland is seized by rebels bred on war. In a world awash with victims turned victors, refugees, and killers, has Truman struck a blow for peace or fueled more chaos?
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As these staggering events unfold, the lives of men and women across battle lines, ethnicities, and religions play out around the globe. In Los Angeles, an extended Jewish family builds a future, while the foul smell of a refugee camp in Santa Monica blows in on the ocean breeze. In Korea, a U.S. fighter struggles to bring his Korean interpreter stateside as a full American. In Siberia, two German women fight for their survival in a gulagâ€”and begin a strange, harrowing journey home.
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From the terrifying global chess match between superpowers to the strength of individual human conscience, Armistice captures a world thatâ€™s been split to its core by the violence only mankind can create. Through the thunder of battle, the clashes of armies, and the whispers of lovers, how humanity will be rebuilt, and who will do it, are the questions that resound in this marvelous work of imagination and history.

Praise for Armistice

â€œThe storyâ€™s focus remains on ordinary characters and how they cope with their particular circumstances. . . . Readers who savor the patient accumulation of detail around each scenario will by now be thoroughly addicted.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews

â€œThe series is entertaining and explores life on the razorâ€™s edge.â€â€”SFRevu
Country USA
Brand Del Rey
Manufacturer Del Rey
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2017-07-18
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780553390766

Country	USA
Brand	Del Rey
Manufacturer	Del Rey
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2017-07-18
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780553390766

Armistice: The Hot War

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