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The Rift
ALTERNATE HISTORY...
On the day following the 2017 inauguration of Jack Stenhouse as President of the United States, a mysterious Rift appears in the center of the Atlantic Ocean. The mystery takes a more ominous turn when it is discovered that on the other side of the Rift it is 1943. World War II is in progress. On top of the usual range of modern problems, fate now deals the new President the task of dealing with the German war machine.
A cast of characters including Special Forces, spies, historians, forgers, weapons experts, German cabaret singers, Navy SEALs (who are tasked with the mission of kidnapping Hitler), and frontline GI's are soon using modern technology to fight WWII with the high tech weaponry of the 21st century alongside Allied historical figures from the past.
The Rift is a literary-themed novel told through interrelated stories which connect around the globe to different points of the larger story. At times historical, and other times humorous and satirical, the action is seen through the eyes and points of view of participants in different parts of the conflict. It is a comparative look at the military might of Germany in 1943 versus the U.S. military of 2017, and is also an allegory, a reference to modern "rifts" which are occurring, from political to cultural to high tech and VR (virtual reality). Not an explosive, slam-bang, action-packed adventure story, but more of a psychological portrait of different participants whose fates are intertwined and paths cross - men and women caught up in different parts of the sinister web created by Hitler's reappearance on the world scene.
On the day following the 2017 inauguration of Jack Stenhouse as President of the United States, a mysterious Rift appears in the center of the Atlantic Ocean. The mystery takes a more ominous turn when it is discovered that on the other side of the Rift it is 1943. World War II is in progress. On top of the usual range of modern problems, fate now deals the new President the task of dealing with the German war machine.
A cast of characters including Special Forces, spies, historians, forgers, weapons experts, German cabaret singers, Navy SEALs (who are tasked with the mission of kidnapping Hitler), and frontline GI's are soon using modern technology to fight WWII with the high tech weaponry of the 21st century alongside Allied historical figures from the past.
The Rift is a literary-themed novel told through interrelated stories which connect around the globe to different points of the larger story. At times historical, and other times humorous and satirical, the action is seen through the eyes and points of view of participants in different parts of the conflict. It is a comparative look at the military might of Germany in 1943 versus the U.S. military of 2017, and is also an allegory, a reference to modern "rifts" which are occurring, from political to cultural to high tech and VR (virtual reality). Not an explosive, slam-bang, action-packed adventure story, but more of a psychological portrait of different participants whose fates are intertwined and paths cross - men and women caught up in different parts of the sinister web created by Hitler's reappearance on the world scene.
431 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 9, 2014
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August 6, 2016
Jack Stenhouse is sworn-in as the new President of United States. The following day, January 21, 2017, something dramatic occurred. When it becomes apparent that it is more sinister than earlier thought to be, the new President Stenhouse’s enemies, detractors, critics, and political opponents moved heaven and earth trying to make the connection between the two things, but they couldn’t make it stick.
Baffling scientists and world leaders, “the Rift” as USA Today called it, appears. It is a gap in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a fog-drenched trench. What is particularly of significance is that the Rift appears to be a dividing line, and on one side of the line it’s 1943. It’s a fault- line, a line of demarcation. The line runs above the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain range in the Atlantic caused by the shifting of tectonic plates on the ocean floor. But that still wouldn’t explain why it’s 1943 in Europe.
The Rift: A Novel by Larry W. Phillips is a war and military fiction that explores an alternate history with different threads focusing on the points of views of different participants. The Rift resulted in World War II being fought in 1917, with modern weaponry and Hitler playing an important role. It is a psychological portrait which will absorb and immerse readers into an unlikely story. Though a war and military fiction, it is not an action-packed adventure story.
Baffling scientists and world leaders, “the Rift” as USA Today called it, appears. It is a gap in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a fog-drenched trench. What is particularly of significance is that the Rift appears to be a dividing line, and on one side of the line it’s 1943. It’s a fault- line, a line of demarcation. The line runs above the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain range in the Atlantic caused by the shifting of tectonic plates on the ocean floor. But that still wouldn’t explain why it’s 1943 in Europe.
The Rift: A Novel by Larry W. Phillips is a war and military fiction that explores an alternate history with different threads focusing on the points of views of different participants. The Rift resulted in World War II being fought in 1917, with modern weaponry and Hitler playing an important role. It is a psychological portrait which will absorb and immerse readers into an unlikely story. Though a war and military fiction, it is not an action-packed adventure story.
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