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  • Paperback: 624 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; paperback / softback edition (24 Jan 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340921803
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340921807
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 50,558 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'With shocking vividness, Turtledove demonstrates the extreme fragility of our modern world ... This is state-of-the-art alternate history, nothing less' -- Publishers Weekly on HOW FEW REMAIN 'Turtledove plays heady games with actual history, scattering object lessons and bitter ironies along the way. Strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background.' -- Kirkus Reviews on SETTLING ACCOUNTS: RETURN ENGAGEMENT 'Turtledove's books are always great entertainment but in all these novels about an alternate North America the possible route of democracy, demagoguery and repression ring all too true ... the power of the book is in its ordinary people and their struggles.' -- SFX Magazine on SETTLING ACCOUNTS: RETURN ENGAGEMENT 'Engrossing ... definitely the work of one of alternate history's authentic modern masters ... totally fascinating.' -- Booklist on THE GREAT WAR series

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‘With shocking vividness, Turtledove demonstrates the extreme fragility of our modern world ... This is state-of-the-art alternate history, nothing less’ (Publishers Weekly on HOW FEW REMAIN )

‘Turtledove plays heady games with actual history, scattering object lessons and bitter ironies along the way. Strong, complex characters against a sweeping alt-historical background.’ (Kirkus Reviews on SETTLING ACCOUNTS: RETURN ENGAGEMENT )

'Turtledove’s books are always great entertainment but in all these novels about an alternate North America the possible route of democracy, demagoguery and repression ring all too true . . . the power of the book is in its ordinary people and their struggles.' (SFX Magazine on SETTLING ACCOUNTS: RETURN ENGAGEMENT )

‘Engrossing . . . definitely the work of one of alternate history’s authentic modern masters ... totally fascinating.’ (Booklist on THE GREAT WAR series )
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable ending to Turtledove's longtime series, 1 Aug 2007
By Mark Klobas (Tempe, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In at the Death (Settling Accounts) (Hardcover)
Harry Turtledove's alternate history series has a lot in common with a summer cinematic blockbuster. They come out like clockwork, offer a good deal of action, but not too much below the surface. The last volume, Settling Accounts: The Grapple, was a particularly disappointing entry, as Turtledove seemed to have lost any interest in what was becoming a monotonous series. This, the concluding volume of his 'Settling Accounts' quartet, however, is a much more enjoyable addition. Rather than stretching things out further, he wraps up his alternate Second World War between the United States and the Confederacy with a bang -- in fact, with several of them.

At the end of the last volume, the Confederacy was sliding towards what seemed an inevitable defeat, with U.S. forces striking towards Atlanta, General Sherman-style. While Turtledove picks up where he leaves off, he throws in enough twists to keep the story interesting. And though the war ends well before the last page, there is more than enough in the later chapters to satisfy readers who have followed the series from its initial volume, 'How Few Remain', as the postwar fates of many lasting characters are sketched out for the reader. As a result, while this volume may lack some of the imagination of his 'Crosstime Traffic' series, longtime fans of the series will find little to disappoint them here.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars waging of the peace, 11 Mar 2008
By Paul Tapner (poole dorset england) - See all my reviews
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this is the latest and possibly last in a long series of alternate history novels that have shown us an america where the south won the civil war, and history has taken a different turn as a result.

This started with a book called how few remain that detailed a second civil war in the 1880's.

the following trilogy the great war showed us world war one in america with the north versus the south again.

the next trilogy american empire showed us this world from the 20's to the 30's with the south falling under control of a fascist leader.

and this book is the fourth volume in the series return engagement, which details a new war between the two in the 1940's.

It actually is very easy to read and you might be able to pick it up without having read the former volumes, but I would recommend going right back to the start of the series as you'll get more out of that way.

harry turtledove as usual writes prose which is not great literature but is very readable, and uses a fair few characters as his viewpoints, scenes shifting between each on regular occasions.

the war actually ends two hundred pages before the end of this six hundred and eight page book, and what the last two hundred pages cover is the aftermath. the war may have finished but all the hatreds haven't gone away. and like real wars, it doesn't end with a last minute attack on the villains base and everyone living happily ever after, it ends with peace treaties and people wondering what the future will hold. the writer doesnt shy away from depicting all the hatreds and it does make you think about the resulting moral issues, which is good writing.

I've followed these characters through a lot of books now, and if this is the end of the story I will be sorry to see them go. A good read.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars all over, 12 Feb 2008
By J. Doody "JD" (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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over at last, though with turtledove he may decide to milk the series further, having initially been a big fan of his i have to say i can't see myself buying another of his books due mainly to the repetitive storeyline, i found myself skipping entire sections of the book, and groaned out loud. It's all be said before in earlier books in the series..
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ordinary, but fun
So Mr. Turtledove's epic comes finally to an end (or does it?). It is, like its predecessors, a piece of rather ordinary writing with much language repetition - there are times... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Teemacs

2.0 out of 5 stars Should have quit whilst he was ahead
Turtledove, that is. As other reviewers have noted, he's just going through the motions these days. I think control-c and control-v have been used a lot in writing this book. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2008 by Dr. T. Flynn

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine end to a fine series
Well, now we know...

This has been one of the most monumental achievements in the alternate history canon. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2007 by Bill Kelly

3.0 out of 5 stars Well it's all over....
I've enjoyed this series, but, I'm glad it's over... I just found that the writing style really began to grate on me, as has been said of Mr Turtledove before, his writing can be... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2007 by Mr. M. Fee

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