MWSA Book Review

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Author: Roger L. Conlee

Publisher:  Pale Horse Books

Reviewer: Rob Ballister--MWSA Board Member

A great story built around a "what if" that almost was!

Roger Conlee delivers an outstanding war story, well researched and well written, about the "what-if" surrounding if the Japanese had attacked Southern California immediately after Pearl Harbor. In addition to his vivid aerial combat scenes, he also weaves an incredibly gripping tale of time travel and alternate reality as the hero and his fiancé travel to an alternate reality to save a loved one during the attack.

The author has an excellent writing style, and switches easily between first and third person points of view.  He uses the first person style when relaying the accounts of  "Uncle Jake," a newspaper reporter at the time of the attack, and switches to third person to tie in the actions of the rest of the characters.  Conlee also does an amazing job of making the time-travel theories of the book incredibly believable, adding to the overall realism of the book.  With action throughout and an unexpected twist at the very end, this book is highly recommended for those who enjoy historical fiction, military fiction, or science fiction books.

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