World War 2.2

Designated Targets

The second instalment of a series of fast-paced thrillers - The Axis of Time Trilogy - in which a taskforce of warships from 2021 is transported back in time to 1942.

John Birmingham lives in Australia, and is the author of the cult classic He Died with a Falafel in His Hand and the award-winning history book Leviathan. Between writing books he contributes to a wide range of newspapers and magazines on topics as diverse as biotechnology and national security.

The Second World War was turned on its head at the moment Admiral Kolhammer&rsquo;s ultra-modern stealth warships were hurled back through time from 2021. But no one could have predicted just how much of a nightmare would ensue . . . 
 
Only months after the Transition, the great powers scramble to develop the weapons of tomorrow. The year 1942 is now a world of crude jet fighters, monstrous attack helicopters, and unholy dirty bombs &mdash; a mongrel technology, born decades prematurely. 
 
Then, in a radical rewriting of history, Japanese forces sweep into Australia, foreign agents begin a campaign of terror in the USA, and Germany prepares for an all-out attack on Britain. 
 
The twenty-first-century forces must resort to the most extreme measures yet and face a future rife with possibilities &mdash; all of them apocalyptic . . . 
 
Picking up from where he left off with Weapons of Choice, John Birmingham shocks and awes us with this gripping second instalment in the Axis of Time trilogy.

World War 2.1 - Alternative History Science Fiction

Weapons of Choice

A huge buzz and an international following has been generated thanks to massive bestseller success in Australia and the US. Word-of-mouth spilling over to the UK with blog fan groups and on-line reviews.

The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. 
 
In 2021, a quantum military experiment goes horrifically wrong. A multinational taskforce of ultra-modern warships is suddenly transported back in time to 1942... right into the path of the US naval battle group bound for Midway Atoll. 
 
History is rewritten in an instant as the future smashes into the past, and high-tech hardware goes head to head with World War Two technology. In the chaos that ensues, thousands are killed, but the maelstrom has only just begun. The veterans of Pearl Harbour have never seen a helicopter, or a cruise missile - let alone nanotechnology, ceramic bullets, and F22 Raptor stealth jetfighters. 
 
Allied and Axis forces are then caught in a desperate struggle to gain the upper hand - each hoping to tip the balance with a fist full of twenty first century firepower. 
 
What happens next is anybody's guess - and everybody's nightmare...

John Birmingham lives in Australia, and is the author of the cult classic He Died With a Falafel in His Hand and the award-winning history Leviathan. Between writing books he contributes to a wide range of newspapers and magazines on topics as diverse as biotechnology and national security.

John Birmingham

If there was a Booker for explosive alternative history techno-thrillers with guts and brains, it would be a cinch

World War 2.3

The Sequence of event of the Second World War was altered forever at the very moment the task force of ultra-modern stealth warships emerged from a rip in the time-space continuum. Hurled back from 2021 to 1942 after a quantum experiment goes horribly wrong, no one could have predicted the impact of this futuristic fighting force. Chaos ensues... 
 
In the third and final gripping instalment of the Axis of Time trilogy, the revised history of the War is more alarming than ever. Hitler and the Japanese race towards atomic capability; Stalin plots to tear down the future and rebuild it in his own image; and the allies begin their Great Crusade, with the weapons of know-how of the twenty-first century. 
 
The final battle of the war is about to begin...

John Birmingham

Praise for Final Impact

An action-packed, cracking good read

If there was a Booker for explosive alternative history techno-thrillers with guts and brains, it would be a cinch

An excellent page-turner

An action-packed, cracking good read

If there was a Booker for explosive alternative history techno-thrillers with guts and brains, it would be a cinch

An excellent page-turner

An action-packed, cracking good read

If there was a Booker for explosive alternative history techno-thrillers with guts and brains, it would be a cinch

An excellent page-turner

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