The Rift

By Larry W. Phillips

HITLER "BLAMES OTHERS"... points fingers at Dusseldorf in particular for being body-slammed in Munich, punched in London, and jailed in Cleveland. Worse, he comes face to face with the full might of the United States military in 2017. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the day following the 2017 inauguration of Jack Stenhouse as President of the United States, a mysterious Rift appears in the center of the Atlantic Ocean. On the other side of the Rift it is 1943. World War II is in progress. On top of the usual range of modern problems, fate now deals the new President the task of dismantling the German war machine. A cast of characters including Special Forces, spies, historians, forgers, weapons experts, German cabaret singers, Navy SEALs (who are tasked with the mission of kidnapping Hitler), and frontline GI's are soon using modern technology to fight WWII with the weaponry of the 21st century alongside Allied historical figures from the past. In this literary-themed exposition of an alternate history, short stories loosely connect around the globe to different points of the larger story, as told through the eyes and points of view of different participants in different parts of the globe during WWII. Not an action-packed adventure story but a psychological portrait of different participants caught up in different parts of the same web-all related to Hitler's sudden reappearance on the scene and the subsequent world-wide upheaval that results.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 061596057X
• ISBN13: 9780615960579
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Oak River Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"