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The Sea Eagles
When an superpowered alien teenage bat sent a 1990 West German patrol boat back in time, it caused a few ripples, and not only in the North Sea. The Sea Eagle Secret became the biggest story of the century, changing history for German sailors, Russian spies, French soldiers, Chinese politicians, Japanese admirals, British scientists, Czech bureaucrats, American airmen, and many others (not to mention Gilberto). This is history as it might have been and maybe should have been, with fewer Nazis and shorter wars. Expect instead constitutional monarchies, marriages and lots of really big explosions.
A wry alternate technothriller for fans of naval combat and alternate history alike, 'The Sea Eagles' leads readers through a very different, very exciting, and occasionally very funny world.
A wry alternate technothriller for fans of naval combat and alternate history alike, 'The Sea Eagles' leads readers through a very different, very exciting, and occasionally very funny world.
768 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 22, 2017
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March 24, 2023
This's another timeline from the AlternateHistory.com website, turned into a book by the user-run Sea Lion Press. A West German ship from 1990 accidentally travels back in time to the North Sea just before the Munich agreement. They of course sail for Britain, and tell Chamberlain everything, which ends up quickly overthowing Hitler and stopping the war.
And then - after that, which would've been a great novella - the story goes on, and on.
The rest of the book appears to be searching for the right emphasis. He could've gone into the personal dynamics of finding a home in a new time, or the downtimer's technological research, or the work of de-Nazifying German culture - but all of these are just referenced in passing. What's emphasized is wars against Japan and the Soviet Union, where the wars are never in much doubt - the technological and resource disparity is much more dramatic than in actual history. By the end, I kept thinking of the so many more interesting stories that could've been told in this world.
And then - after that, which would've been a great novella - the story goes on, and on.
The rest of the book appears to be searching for the right emphasis. He could've gone into the personal dynamics of finding a home in a new time, or the downtimer's technological research, or the work of de-Nazifying German culture - but all of these are just referenced in passing. What's emphasized is wars against Japan and the Soviet Union, where the wars are never in much doubt - the technological and resource disparity is much more dramatic than in actual history. By the end, I kept thinking of the so many more interesting stories that could've been told in this world.
November 12, 2019
A classic 'In the Sea of Time' alternate history scenario, well written with some entertaining humour as well as a compelling plot. A West German naval vessel from the end of the Cold War finds itself in the 1930s, and its crew has a chance to avert the Second World War and topple the Nazis before they can commit most of their historic crimes...
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