Harry Turtledove
Homeward Bound - Book 4
Continuing where we left off, The Race, Soviets, Nazi's and Americans are the 4 world powers in a political standoff. Now that the stage is set in the first book, this becomes primarily a political thriller, showing the behind the scenes intrigue of a strange geopolitical scene. It is still a good story, although overly long. Turtledove does not trust the reader to remember anything from the first book, or even from earlier in the novel. Anytime he mentions a characters name, he adds a sentence or two of explanatory background. This is unnecessary and assumes we all have a sieve like memory. It may be true, but it is also insulting. Get an editor and write a concise book. You have a good story, so use it.
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