Blitz

by Ron Washburn

A scientist from the future and his Daughter are plunged back in time where they are recruited to assassinate Adolph Hitler at the height of World War II. Part 1 of the Future History series.

Unknown Binding

First published April 16, 2012

About the author

I grew up in the wild lands of the Jornada del Muerto in southern New Mexico. I raised horses, tended my windmill, raised a family, and ran my ranch until I graduated from New Mexico State University. I've been writing since I was old enough to read. My stories range from westerns to science fiction and fantasy, but there's a twist. Each book is only a small slice of the larger story that encompasses them all. They're all related in a complex mult-genre odyssey. Each book is a separate and complete story, so it is possible to pick one up and read it as a stand-alone. However, if you read more than one in my collection, which I call the "Alternate Universe" series, you'll begin to see how they're connected.
Most of my books were written for a small audience- my family and close friends. Although anyone is welcome to read them, just understand. You may find yourself a bit lost at some of the references.

Also, be warned if you do decide to dive into this series. There are subjects and scenes in some of my books that will be offensive to sensitive readers. This includes (but is not limited to), graphic murder, sensuality, foul language, the paranormal, mythological and religious themes. If you're intolerant of any of these things, please look elsewhere for reading material before picking mine up.

If you do enjoy any of my books, please be sure to leave a nice review. It is much appreciated.

Suggested reading sequence: "The Complete Alternate Universe"
1. Future History: The Winter Chronicles
2. Perils in the Quest for Magic
3. Guardians of Midgard
4. Armadia
5. Guardians of Armadia
6. The Man from Atlanta
7. Deepforge
8. Velland: The Vayrock Trilogy
9. Fayla: Second Edition
10. The Rite of Spring
11. Descendent
12. President Jen of Mars (Co-written by Megan Leigh and Toni Riebe)
13. Murder in E-Town: A Novel
14. Jornada del Muerto: Cowboys and Monsters
15. Austin's Justice
16. Blue Eyes in the Snow
17. A Reckoning in Goldenburg
18. Journey of Blood: The Lady Gunslinger
19. Sex, Blood, and Barbecue Sauce
20. Jen Takes Manhattan
21. Bikers of Death
22. The Macabre Coed
23. Dragons of Westeria
24. Child King (Co-written by Toni Riebe and Christopher Washburn)
24A. Warmheart (Written by Toni Riebe)
24B. The The Witch, The Goddess, and The Queen
25. The Devil's Valkyries


The "Westerns only" sequence:
1. The Man From Atlanta
2. Murder in E-Town: A Novel
3. Jornada del Muerto: Cowboys and Monsters
4. Austin's Justice
5. Blue Eyes in the Snow
6. A Reckoning in Goldenburg
7. Journey of Blood: The Lady Gunslinger

The "Jen of Hell" sequence:
1. The Rite of Spring
2. Descendent
3. President Jen of Mars (Co-written by Megan Leigh and Toni Riebe)
4. Jornada del Muerto: Cowboys and Monsters
5. Journey of Blood: The Lady Gunslinger
6. Sex, Blood, and Barbecue Sauce
7. Jen Takes Manhattan
8. Bikers of Death
9. The Macabre Coed
10. Dragons of Westeria
11. Child King (Co-written by Toni Riebe and Christopher Washburn)
11A. Warmheart (Written by Toni Riebe)
11B. The Witch, The Goddess, and The Queen
12. The Devil's Valkyries

Other titles:
Six Days in Hell
The Desert on Film
The Facility Auditor's Handbook

Reviews

[Rebecca Lockley · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm very glad I picked this up as a freebie, because I think if I had paid for it I would ask for my quid back.

I'm not sure how to begin my review other than to say that this book was just awful. The author obviously didn't hire an editor and used the Kindle self-publish options because this story was rife with grammatical errors. More than that, what really got to me was the "author's note" at the beginning of chapter nine because it reminded me so much of reading fan fiction on ff.net and the notes the fic writer would add.

I also found the story to be quite disjointed. The story moves from giving a fictitious history from our modern time up to the time the book starts to take place. Then we concentrate on the male protagonist inventing Faster Than Light (FTL) travel and we find out about a conspiracy to send him to another planet using his FTL drive. He crashes, and spends years living on his own on this other planet interacting with other creatures who we find out in an off-comment were what humans on their planet evolved into. This all seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the story as the man gets recalled back to Earth by his own grandson and somehow he winds up in the 1940s, in the middle of the London Blitz....and oh yeah, the woman he thought was his assistant is apparently his long-lost daughter he didn't even know about from some crazy alternate timeline he hadn't yet lived through. I wish I was kidding. This man also invited a "drug" that prevents people from ageing...so he's well over 100 (maybe even 200) and only looks like he is in his 40s.

Oh, and did I forget to mention he has to kill Hitler?

I'm sure this review has been very disjointed and all over the place, but I'm only writing it in the same style as the author wrote his book.

It wasn't worth the hour it took me to read this. It should have been published in a SciFi annual and not as a stand alone book....and the author should have separated his ideas better, IMHO.