Título: Worldwar: In the Balance
Autor: Harry Turtledove
Sinopse: "War seethed across the planet. Machines soared through the air, churned through the seas, crawled across the surface, pushing ever forward, carrying death." "Earth was engaged in titanic struggle. Germany, Russia, France, China, Japan: the maps were changing day by day. The hostilities spread in ever-widening ripples of destruction: Britain, Italy, Africa...The fate of the world hung in the balance." "Then the real enemy came." "Out of the dark of night, out of the soft glow of dawn, out of the clear blue sky came an invasion force the likes of which Earth had never known - and worldwar was truly joined." "The invaders were inhuman and they were unstoppable. Their technology was far beyond our reach, and their goal was simple. Fleetlord Atvar had arrived to claim Earth for the Empire. Never before had Earth's people been more divided. Never had the need for unity been greater. And grudgingly, inexpertly, humanity took up the challenge." "In this epic novel of alternate history, Harry Turtledove takes us around the globe. We roll with German panzers; watch the coast of Britain with the RAF; and welcome alien-liberators to the Warsaw ghetto. In tiny planes we skim the vast Russian steppe, and we push the envelope of technology in secret labs at the University of Chicago. Turtledove's saga covers all the Earth, and beyond, as mankind - in all its folly and glory - faces the ultimate threat; and a turning point in history shows us a past that never was and a future that could yet come to be..."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Worldwar: In the Balance”, de Harry Turtledove, publicado pela editora Del Rey e em 1994, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Del Rey
Páginas: 0
Ano: 1994
Edição: First Edition
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 0345382412
ISBN13: 9780345382412
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora DEL REY apresentam um amplo espectro de narrativas que transitam entre a fantasia épica, a ficção científica e a fantasia urbana, com forte presença de mundos imaginativos detalhados e conflitos de grande escala. A experiência de leitura é marcada por ritmos variados, ora acelerados em batalhas e intrigas políticas, ora mais contemplativos em explorações de personagens complexos e seus dilemas morais. O catálogo sugere uma predileção por histórias que envolvem poderes extraordinários, sociedades em crise e jornadas pessoais que se entrelaçam com destinos coletivos. Há obras que exploram desde a colonização de planetas até reinos mágicos e guerras intergalácticas, com tom que pode variar do sombrio e tenso ao aventureiro e cheio de suspense.
