Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance
| Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance | |
|---|---|
| author | Harry Turtledove |
| language | English |
| genre | Science fiction / alternate world history |
| Original title | Upsetting the balance |
| publishing company | Del Rey |
| Release Date | 1996 |
| Media type | Hardcover , paperback |
Upsetting the Balance is the third novel in the Worldwar tetralogy by the author Harry Turtledove . After reptilian aliens appeared over the earth in 1941 and began a religiously motivated campaign of conquest, the course of history has changed drastically and a global nuclear war begins to escalate.
The book is followed by Worldwar: Striking the Balance .
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The reptilian members of the race continue to besiege the earth, but are shocked that the people who were believed to be primitive were able to inflict unexpected losses on them by igniting an atomic mine. Their past planetary conquest campaigns had only caused a few dozen or a few hundred victims in their own ranks.
The breed pilot named Teerts, tortured by the Japanese, escapes and informs his superiors about the Japanese nuclear program, which results in the breed destroying Tokyo through nuclear bombardment.
The United States and Germany are stepping up their nuclear programs as the race begins an invasion of the main British islands. However, the people take advantage of the race's habit of not wearing clothes and massively decimate it through the use of mustard gas, which encourages the Germans to use sarin and tabun against the race.
In response, the breed intensively bombs London, destroying Big Ben in the process .
In Siberia, there is finally a mutiny among the soldiers of the race, something that was previously unimaginable in their authoritarian culture. The ginger addiction of the soldiers is also responsible for this .
Dramatis personæ
- Otto Skorzeny
- Heinrich Jäger: German tank commander
- Jens Larssen: Physicist involved in the Manhattan project
- Sam Yeager: Decatur Commodores baseball player
- Fleetlord Atvar: Supreme Commander of the alien invasion fleet
- Ussmak: leader of an uprising among soldiers of the race stationed in Siberia