<div>Short fiction, plus three essays, by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author&mdash;including a Hugo Award&ndash;winning novella. Harry Turtledove earned the title &ldquo;master of alternate history&rdquo; from Publishers Weekly for his thought-provoking novels that turn historical facts into gripping tales of possibility. But his writing talent goes much further. We Install offers a showcase of styles, from humor&mdash;in &ldquo;Father of the Groom,&rdquo; a scientist with a penchant for wild experimentation helps his love-struck son by synthesizing a wedding ring out of two carrots&mdash;to classic science fiction, as in the Hugo Award&ndash;winning &ldquo;Down in the Bottomlands&rdquo; and &ldquo;Hoxbomb,&rdquo; in which a regular guy just trying to make a living selling scooters has to deal with some very odd competition. The alternate history tale &ldquo;Drang von Osten&rdquo; begins on a bloody battlefield in World War II and ends somewhere quite different. In the brand-new &ldquo;Logan&rsquo;s Law,&rdquo; a man discovers that sometimes, second chances really do work out. The book&rsquo;s three essays tackle the diverse subjects of how to write alternate history, Tolkien&rsquo;s The Lord of the Rings, and the history of Chanukah. We Install will delight longtime Turtledove fans and new readers alike with its rich offerings from one of the finest craftsmen writing today.</div>

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<div>In an alternate America that runs on magic, a potential environmental disaster plunges an overworked bureaucrat into a deadly conspiracy of evil gods and darkest sorcery David Fisher pushes paper for the EPA in a world that&rsquo;s a lot like ours . . . only different. In this California&mdash;and throughout the alternate United States&mdash;all gods are real, science doesn&rsquo;t exist, and magic rules everything, running imp-driven computers and creating anxiety-inducing bumper-to-bumper flying-carpet rush hours. Unfortunately, unchecked magic use can leave dangerous residues, creating hours of mind-numbing deskwork for David and his fellow bureaucrats at the Environmental Perfection Agency. Now a leakage at a toxic spell dump in Angels City is about to complicate David&rsquo;s life in ways he never imagined, unleashing vampires, werewolves, and soulless babies. Even the actual spooks at the CIA concerned. But looking too closely into what might be more than just an accident could have David stepping on the toes of some very nasty deities indeed, imperiling his future on the Other Side . . . and on this one, as well. When it comes to creating alternate histories&mdash;and worlds&mdash;no one does it better than the great Harry Turtledove. The multiple-award-winning master of the fantastic carries readers on a droll thrill ride through a richly detailed, ingeniously imagined fantasy reality where the impossible is mundane&mdash;and absolutely anything can happen.</div>

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<div>A young, untried Northern baron must somehow defend his vulnerable realm from an invading force strengthened by darkest magic in this magnificent fantasy adventure from a master world builder The second son of the Baron of Fox Keep, Gerin never wanted title or responsibility, but both were thrust on him when his father and brother were ambushed and slain by enemy Trokm&ecirc; raiders. Leaving behind the urban bustle of Cassat and his studies in philosophy and magic, Gerin the Fox returned home to accept his place among the other barons of the Northern marches&mdash;a region secluded from the rest of the Empire of Elabon. But now word is spreading that the Trokm&ecirc; are returning, led by a powerful new wizard whose magic makes them unstoppable. Keeping his lands and people safe may prove beyond the young lord&rsquo;s capabilities. Only one choice remains for the Fox: He must set out into the wild and make his way back to the city&mdash;for only there can he hope to find a new form of sorcery with which to fight the coming of the Werenight, when men will become monsters. Before Hugo Award winner Harry Turtledove became known far and wide as the king of alternate history, he introduced himself to the world with Werenight, carrying readers into a remarkable realm of war and magic. Filling his fantasy adventure with a colorful cast of unforgettable characters, Turtledove has created a fantastic reality as rich, involving, and imaginative as the histories he later so ingeniously altered.</div>

Werenight

<div>From the New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;standard-bearer for alternate history&rdquo;: A spy takes on the enemies of the Byzantine Empire (USA Today). In another, very different timeline&mdash;one in which Mohammed embraced Christianity and Islam never came to be&mdash;the Byzantine Empire still flourishes in the fourteenth century, and wondrous technologies are emerging earlier than they did in our own. Having lost his family to the ravages of smallpox, Basil Argyros has decided to dedicate his life to Byzantium. A stalwart soldier and able secret agent, Basil serves his emperor courageously, going undercover to unearth Persia&rsquo;s dastardly plots and disrupting the dark machinations of his beautiful archenemy, the Persian spy Mirrane, while defusing dire threats emerging from the Western realm of the Franco-Saxons. But the world Basil so staunchly defends is changing rapidly, and he must remain ever vigilant, for in this great game of empires, the player who controls the most advanced tools and weaponry&mdash;tools like gunpowder, printing, vaccines, and telescopes&mdash;must certainly emerge victorious. A collection of interlocking stories that showcase the courage, ingenuity, and breathtaking derring-do of superspy Basil Argyros, Agent of Byzantium presents the great Harry Turtledove at his alternate-world-building best. At once intricate, exciting, witty, and wildly inventive, this is a many-faceted gem from a master of the genre.</div>

Agent of Byzantium

<div>This novel by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling &ldquo;master of alternate history&rdquo; explores an America reshaped by a twist in prehistoric evolution (Publishers Weekly). What if mankind&rsquo;s &ldquo;missing link,&rdquo; the apelike Homo erectus, had survived to dominate a North American continent where woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers still prowled, while the more advanced Homo sapiens built their civilizations elsewhere? Now imagine that the Europeans arriving in the New World had chanced on these primitive creatures and seized the opportunity to establish a hierarchy in which the sapiens were masters and the &ldquo;sims&rdquo; were their slaves. This is the premise that drives the incomparable Harry Turtledove&rsquo;s A Different Flesh. The acclaimed Hugo Award winner creates an alternate America that spans three hundred years of invented history. From the Jamestown colonists&rsquo; desperate hunt for a human infant kidnapped by a local sim tribe, to a late-eighteenth-century contest between a newfangled steam-engine train and the popular hairy-elephant-pulled model, to the sim-rights activists&rsquo; daring 1988 rescue of an unfortunate biped named Matt who&rsquo;s being used for animal experimentation, Turtledove turns our world inside out in a remarkable science fiction masterwork that explores what it truly means to be human.</div>

A Different Flesh

<div>A great leader rises when forced to defend his troubled lands against an onslaught of monsters in the second book of this remarkable fantasy series featuring Gerin the Fox Peace in the North has been fragile and tentative in the five years since the terrible Werenight, when the light of four full moons transformed men into beasts. Now cut off completely from the Elabon Empire, the land is in violent dispute, squabbled over by minor barons hungry for greater power. Gerin the Fox is one of the few who stand firm against the encroaching chaos, but his own life has been violently shaken, first by a heartless betrayal and then by the kidnapping of his young son. Having angered a vengeful deity, he cannot look to the gods for support. Yet it is Gerin to whom the people must turn when an earthquake tears their land open, undoing an ancient warding spell and releasing a host of ravaging beasts from the dark underground. The stunning sequel to Werenight, Hugo Award&ndash;winning author Harry Turtledove&rsquo;s Prince of the North is a magnificent work of fantasy fiction. The master builder of wondrous worlds and alternate histories works his literary sorcery once again in this richly imagined tale of war, magic, gods, and monsters.</div>

Prince of the North

<div>Two rivals must unite to prevent a disgraced malevolent god from attaining a relic of extraordinary power in the first book of alternate history master Harry Turtledove&rsquo;s magnificent fantasy trilogy More than four centuries ago, the Scepter of Mercy was lost to the king of Avornis, and each subsequent liege has promised&mdash;and failed&mdash;to return the powerful talisman to its rightful home. Now, young Lanius, the only surviving son of King Mergus, rules, though he is considered illegitimate and must abide by the decisions of regents. Still, the legacy of the missing scepter ultimately belongs to him. But it is also coveted by the Banished One, an immortal exiled by the other gods, who invades the world of men through their dreams. Lanius, with no talent or heart for battle, must keep those in the sway of the malevolent deity from Avornis&rsquo;s borders. To this end, Lanius requires the help of Grus, a fearless and respected captain of the king&rsquo;s navy. But Grus has a far loftier destiny than his common birth would suggest&mdash;and the bastard king&rsquo;s brave, accomplished ally might well turn out to be his most dangerous adversary. Originally published under the pen name Dan Chernenko, The Bastard King is a magnificent foray into epic fantasy by the incomparable Harry Turtledove, the prolific and multi-award-winning master of alternate history science fiction. A tale of courage and destiny, it is alive with action, imagination, and humanity, and populated by richly complex, imperfect heroes and a villain as truly fiendish as any that has ever graced the fantasy genre.</div>

The Bastard King

<div>Only a long-lost talisman can save a besieged kingdom torn between two kings, as a malevolent god marshals his minions to attack, corrupt, and destroy Two lieges&mdash;King Lanius, who is of royal blood, and King Grus, the usurper&mdash;now share the throne of Avornis. The former wields no real power, kept impotent by the regents surrounding him. The latter mans the battle lines, determined to protect the kingdom from a fearsome, immortal god who was expelled from heaven. To the north, the city-state Chernagor is being torn asunder by a savage civil war that threatens to spill past the border at any moment. Catastrophe looms for Avornis and even two kings united may not be strong enough to save her. The kingdom&rsquo;s final hope lies in the recovery of the Scepter of Mercy, lost for four centuries. But the mighty talisman is in the hands of the Menteshe&mdash;barbarian nomads who are vassals of the terrible exiled god&mdash;and now that the Banished One wants to consume the entire world, they will never relinquish its power. The Scepter of Mercy, Harry Turtledove&rsquo;s epic fantasy trilogy, continues with The Chernagor Pirates, the second volume in an adventure that pits man against man, and man against immortal. Originally penned under the pseudonym Dan Chernenko, it is an unforgettable tale that demonstrates the unparalleled creativity and unique storytelling prowess of the Hugo Award&ndash;winning master world-builder. </div>

The Chernagor Pirates

<div>Two rival kings must unite to defeat a malevolent god in the &ldquo;wise and humorous&rdquo; conclusion to the Hugo Award&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s Scepter of Mercy trilogy (Publishers Weekly). When Avornis falls, the Banished One will reign supreme. Rival kings Lanius and Grus each covet solitary power, but realize that a kingdom divided cannot stand against the evil god who enslaves the minds of men through their nightmares. Once, Avornis was safe from his dark influence, protected by a powerful talisman supplied by the pantheon of deities who expunged the immortal called Milvago from their ranks. But that was centuries earlier, before the Scepter of Mercy was lost, and only through its recovery can Avornis survive. Now, Lanius has a daring&mdash;most likely impossible&mdash;plan, but it requires the cooperation of his fellow ruler, the warrior and usurper king Grus. If they fail to work together they will die together nevertheless, along with everything that is good and right in their world. Hugo Award winner Harry Turtledove brings his Scepter of Mercy trilogy to a spectacular end with a story of courage, conflict, and selfless sacrifice. In The Scepter&rsquo;s Return, as in the previous books of the series, the acclaimed world-builder reimagines epic fantasy, leaving his own special imprint on the popular genre much as he has done with the alternate history for which he is so justifiably renowned.</div>

The Scepter's Return

<div>An action-packed pair of fantasy adventures from the Hugo Award&ndash;winning and New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. Before his renown as &ldquo;the standard bearer for alternate history&rdquo; (USA Today),New York Times&ndash;bestselling and Hugo Award&ndash;winning author Harry Turtledove&rsquo;s first published series told of the heroic exploits of Gerin the Fox as he battled dark magic in the Empire of Elabon. Werenight: The second son of the Baron of Fox Keep, young Gerin never wanted title or responsibility, but both were thrust upon him when his father and brother were ambushed and slain by enemy Trokm&ecirc;. Now the Trokm&ecirc; are returning, led by a powerful new wizard, and Gerin&rsquo;s only chance for victory is to find a mage who can battle the sorcerer and fight the coming of the Werenight, when men will become monsters . . . Prince of the North: Peace has been fragile since the terrible Werenight, when the light of four moons transformed men into beasts. The people look to Gerin the Fox to stand firm against encroaching chaos and civil war. But things are about to get much worse. When an earthquake tears their land open, undoing an ancient warding spell and unleashing a legion of ravaging beasts from the dark underground, Gerin must defend his realm from an onslaught of monsters . . .</div>

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Books By Harry Turtledove (10 Books)

We Install

The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump

Werenight

Agent of Byzantium

A Different Flesh

Prince of the North

The Bastard King

The Chernagor Pirates

The Scepter's Return

Two Gerin the Fox Novels

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