Fiction - Alternative History

New Rheynia has woken from peace's slumber to a nightmare. Denied the nightly rains, crops fail, people divide, and revolution blooms between every crack in the kingdoms' failing foundation. King Varros-supposedly dead. Laeden, the traitor, a fugitive. And the Uprising's patience has ended. Following...

During the height of Black Lives Matter, a secret society of women take over the government and transform the country. The Rise of a Country follows these women in an alternate and dystopian universe where their extreme actions raise philosophical questions about right and...

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM says that Gen. Robert E. Lee lost the pivotal Civil War battle of Gettysburg because of a disastrous, almost suicidal frontal attack against a superior enemy force entrenched on strategic high ground. But what if Lee actually had another even more daring...

Young Titus Fufius has made a complete mess of his life. In a bid to escape, he lies about his age and joins the 47th Legion as a Libritor- an artilleryman working a scorpion, a type of small portable ballista. Tribal unrest draws the...

Author: Kalli DesChampsISBN-10: 1450018866ISBN-13: 9781450018869Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/20/2010Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

An Engineer finds himself in an Alternate reality, Cornwall, in the year 715 A.D. He awakens in the body of a young Baron.A retired Lieutenant General, former head of the Army Corp of Engineers, lies dying at the age of ninety-two. Leading a full...

Captain W.E. Johns worked tirelessly to establish James Bigglesworth DSO, MC, as the eminent British airman of the twentieth century instead of which he should have focussed on the one man who truly represented everything that was best about British aviation and the RAF...

History may be written by the victors, but it is not always written in stone.It comes down to a bit of luck. What if the histories of Billy the Kid, Vlad Dracula, and Jack the Ripper had a new twist, an alternate history? What...

What makes someone human?Is it their ability to feel grief, a crisis of faith, or impotence? The ability to trudge onward even when life becomes unbearable?Or is it how they act when they become something ... greater?From Jonas, who wakes in the wreckage of...

What makes someone human?Is it their ability to feel grief, a crisis of faith, or impotence? The ability to trudge onward even when life becomes unbearable?Or is it how they act when they become something ... greater?From Jonas, who wakes in the wreckage of...

An alien on a rescue mission to the distant planet Earth is transported into the dying body of bootlegger Ryan Costello. Upon his death, Costello's body is reanimated by the alien, and endowed with supernatural powers. Unfortunately, the body is so damaged from years...

Ruth is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in three volumes in 1853. Ruth is a young orphan girl working in a respectable sweatshop for the overworked Mrs Mason. She is selected to go to a ball to repair torn dresses. At the...

Welcome to the "Anthology of Strange Stories", a collection of the uncanny, the surreal, and the extraordinary. Set sail on perilous adventures through the South Seas in pursuit of legendary pearls, or grapple with untamed spirits and ancient customs in the Sumatra highlands. Unravel...

It is the mid 1930s. Having discovered Atlantis and long lost technology at the end of the 19th century, Britain waxed into an all powerful superpower dominating the seas and skies with mighty dreadnaughts capable of levelling entire armies.But something evil is abroad seeking...

In 1951 South Africa, Sunny Kumar is part of an elite, scientific team developing futuristic AI technology, the likes of which the world has never seen. When there is a security breach at the mining corporation lab where he works, Sunny is forced to...

It is 1870, and the immortal magician Celwyn, the automat Professor Xiau Kang, and Bartholomew, a scientist and widower from Sudan, set out on another adventure.The adventurers leave the North Sea aboard Captain Nemo's Nautilus, chasing a pirate ship and Captain Dearing. The pirates...

It is 1870, and the immortal magician Celwyn, the automat Professor Xiau Kang, and Bartholomew, a scientist and widower from Sudan, set out on another adventure.The adventurers leave the North Sea aboard Captain Nemo's Nautilus, chasing a pirate ship and Captain Dearing. The pirates...

Winston Henry always envied the night shift staff up at the old asylum, until there was a vacancy and he found himself working it. Then it was like he'd woken up to what Echo Heights was really like, and everything changed. He remembered the...

The Great War is a novel that comprehensively and passionately narrates a number of stories covering the duration of World War One, starting with the year 1914 - the year that truly marked the beginning of the 20th century. Following the destinies of over...

CLEOPATRA VICTORIOUS is the alternative history sequel to Helen R. Davis' award-winning novel, CLEOPATRA UNCONQUERED (Savant 2015). Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt, has triumphed at the Battle of Actium, which in the annals of history cost her and her lover, Mark Antony, their lives....

This story is a novella that was initially published in the Christmas edition of Household Words magazine of 1958. This is a collection of several stories from various authors who are each assigned a chapter of their own. These collections of short stories were...

What if the CIA acted on the threat from Al Qaeda before September 11, 2001? What if the American government had agents in place who reported the information needed to make certain thousands didn't die when terrorists attacked the United States on its own...

Winston Churchill said: the further we look into the past, the further we will see into the future. A famous writer knows in a party a man who tells her about USC (Universal Scientific Community), secret society created in times of Galileo Galilei that...

A mesmerizing tale of historical fiction that explores the legacy of the telephone centered on a young deaf woman, the prized student of Alexander Graham Bell.Ellen Lark is faced with a dilemma. After losing her sense of hearing as a child, she's learned from...

Discovery is a work of historical fiction examining the collapse of French colonialism in the Western Hemisphere, and the frenzy of the French Revolution as the fledgling United States of America begins to aspire toward its Manifest Destiny. A forward thinking Thomas Jefferson recognizes...

The first book of three in a richly imagined ancient world where the course of history is altered by one battle. In this world, Antony and Cleopatra triumph at the Battle of Actium, and Cleopatra emerges as a queen, stateswoman, and politician. Those around...

Atlantis and Other Places includes twelve amazing stories of ancient eras, historical figures, mysterious events, and out-of-this- world adventures from the incomparable Harry Turtledove.Author: Harry TurtledoveISBN-10: 0451463870ISBN-13: 9780451463876Publisher: Ace BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2011Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 6.60h x 4.20w x 1.40d

As England tightens its control over the Atlantean colonies, Victor Radcliff and his band of revolutionaries resolve to make the English pay for each and every piece of land they dare to occupy. They will stop at nothing to preserve the liberty of their...

Upon receiving a strange invitation in the mail, Evan Reader is suddenly faced with a choice: either continue living his drab existence or risk the hope of change. The invitation details an intricate process involving the memory chip imbedded in his arm. A process...

History may be written by the victors, but it is not always written in stone.It comes down to a bit of luck. What if the histories of Billy the Kid, Vlad Dracula, and Jack the Ripper had a new twist, an alternate history? What...

The atomic incident of 2026 was the catalyst of a worldwide movement, historically called #MeNow. Over the intervening years, the #MeNow philosophy became more proactive and morphed into #WeNow then #FeNow then finally #WOW, an acronym for World Order by Women. This was the...

The Twin is the fictional retelling of the story of Jesus of Nazareth from the point of view of Thomas Didymus, known to most as Doubting Thomas. The narrative draws upon the belief held by many that Jesus traveled to Kashmir during the "missing"...

Relive the 2016 presidential election campaign and imagine if it all happened all over again.The threat of Russian collusion.The resistance rising up to let the world know that Russia helped him win.Innocent people getting caught up in a special counsel investigation.The president's men getting...

Short play about a man who agreed to die on a cross. How and WHy?Author: Francis Antoine MayeurISBN-10: 1687667330ISBN-13: 9781687667335Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2019Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

The year is 1912, and the history of China takes a different turn. The president of the newly-founded Republic of China dies suddenly, before the fledgling regime has had time to take root. As a compromise between the militarist and republican factions, a former...

Osama bin Laden dead? With no body, no photos, and only alleged genetic samples as proof, half the world believes bin Laden's well-publicized death was a hoax. On May 1, 2011, did Navy Seal Team Six just miss the al Qaeda leader in his...

Emperor Claudius used many ploys to get public approval for his invasion of Britain. It was a conquest that even the divine Julius Caesar had failed to do. What would they say about the power of the man who accomplished what Caesar could not?...

The eighth issue of the popular magazine of historical fiction and alternate history contains six great new short stories. Alt Hist Issue 8 includes new stories in the Battalion 202 series set in the aftermath of a successful German invasion of Britain, as well...

Owen Loof-a.k.a. The Best Dressed Man in Rockaway-is known for his show-stopping attire, vibrant personality, and suave dancing with the ladies. When out on the town, his drive is to always make people smile and spread his zeal for life.However, the larger-than-life persona that...

"Patriots and Traitors puts a spotlight on the often overlooked Western Theater of the Civil War and explores a fascinating alternate timeline. A must read for any Civil War buff!"-T.K. BlackwoodAuthor of the Iron Crucible series "Liam Rook's fascinating spin on an alternate Civil...

An alternative history that poses the question: how would history have changed (or not) if President John F. Kennedy had survived his assassination attempt on November 22, 1963? But the differences in the time line actually date back even further, to the time of...

It used to be a universally accepted axiom that the Palestinian Israeli conflict is an intractable and immovable impasse of epic proportion. Its Sisyphean nature cemented its reputation as an insoluble focal point of hatred and endless violence. Such universal truths, of course, derive...

Our tale unfolds during the end of the Mayan long count calendar, December 2012. We start with a modern family confronting society's inadequacies, notably within the education system. The parents, driven by their protective instinct, passionately defend their child, earning applause from bystanders.Their journey...

Maximus Karlson the Third, A.K.A. Max, is an average eighteen-year-old who recently graduated high school and sold his soul to a multinational corporation called Idolon. He inherited two things from his late father; an old wristwatch and an unwanted legacy. Max's father and grandfather...

UNAUTHORIZED, Debi Thomas What Really Happened, is an amazing tale of behind the scenes interviews that were conducted by journalist, writer, & award-winning writer, Carol Denise Mitchell. During two-years of phone interviews with Debi Thomas and Debi's fianc Jamie Looney, Mitchell got to know...

Travel to the past, restore history, preserve your family.But first you have to win the girl.Too bad you can't make someone love you.Even when it's a matter of life and death... In the summer of 2015, military historian Harrison Seely inherits his grandfather and...

A journey to the Gate of No Return: Jezzy's Exploration of Ghana Past and Present is a captivating and inspiring travelogue that takes readers on a journey through the rich culture and history of Ghana. Written by renowned jazz musician Jazzy, the book delves...

The Imperial Spy is the third book in Tamar's alternate history series about the Romanovs. The whole series is a First Place Winner for the Chanticleer International Book Awards Fiction Series Book Awards for Genre Fiction! Vsevolod Ioannovich Romanov is a member of the...

London is a deserted wasteland. Walled off on all sides and used by the armies of the Reich as an urban combat arena. Into this killing field is thrust a hero of the failed Mutiny, Gerry Baker.Baker and his fellow prisoners are nothing more...

The freedom fighters of New York have won their first victory against the Reich. The flames of resistance spread throughout the Eastern states, yet all is not well for the growing band of rebels. The Reich may be bloodied, but it is far from...