{"product_id":"violent-blue-yonder-aviation-alternate-history-paperback","title":"Violent Blue Yonder: Aviation Alternate History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYoung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVictory, speedy and complete, awaits the side that employs air power as it should be employed\u003c\/em\u003e-Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Bomber Command\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWar in the air, like any other domain, is subject to the whims of Fate\u003c\/strong\u003e. Throughout history, humans have always asked \"What if?\" Violent Blue Yonder explores what happens when that question gets asked hundreds (or thousands) of feet above sea level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo you like the age of \"canvas falcons?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e Come along as Sarah Hoyt, the 2018 Dragon Award Winner for Alternate History, surmises what could have happened had The Red Baron survived World War I. Or alternatively (pun intended), let Rob Howell (\"In Dark'ning Storms\") and Joelle Presby (\"Friends In High Places\") lay out opposite sides of early American intervention in airpower's first conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore a fan of closed canopies and superchargers than flimsy, flammable death traps?\u003c\/strong\u003e See how the German Luftwaffe gains the upper hand in a Second Battle of Britain in \"Londonfall.\" Or see different events in the Pacific as William Alan Webb cuts in with \"Sword of the Sun,\" a tale set in his A World Afire universe. Finally, if worlds afire are your thing, we have 2010 Sidewise Award Winner Eric Swedin having the Cold War go brilliantly hot in \"Foolish Games.\" Prefer your Cold War to have less thermonuclear annihilation? See what happens when former Flying Tigers and Tuskegee Airmen team up in Justin Watson's \"Red Tailed Tigers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottom line: Whether you like your aviation fiction to \"make kills\" or \"make history,\" there's something for you in \u003cem\u003eViolent Blue Yonder\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003eAs the first of three Arc of Ares anthologies, this book sets the alternate history tone in a way that would amuse the Greek war god himself. So grab a helmet and map case, as these twelve tales are about to take you on sorties you won't forget!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEditor's Note: Also includes an excerpt from James Young's Acts of War, the first book in the Usurper's War: An Alternate World War II\u003c\/em\u003e-series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264246464761,"sku":"9781963830071","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/o_wu_uSGtP9781963830071.webp?v=1768828191","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/violent-blue-yonder-aviation-alternate-history-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}