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With his epic books of alternate background, Harry Turtledove stocks a stunning eyesight of what might have been - and what might be - if one point in time ever sold were changed. Inside the Worldwar and Colonization series, a historical, highly advanced alien varieties found itself locked in a bitter have a problem with a distant, rebellious planet: Earth. For all those defending the planet earth, this all-out warfare for success supercharged human technology, made friends of foes, and switched allies into bitter foes. For the aliens known as the Contest, the issue has yielded dire results. Mankind is rolling out nuclear technology years ahead of schedule, forcing the invaders to accept an uneasy truce with countries that have got the technology to guard themselves. Nonetheless it is the Us citizens, with the primitive inventiveness, who discover a way to kick off themselves through distant space - and reach the Race's home planet itself. Now - in the 21st hundred years - a few daring women and men embark upon a quest no individual has made before. Warriors, diplomats, traitors, and exiles - the humans who get to the area called Home find themselves genuine strangers on the strange world and at the center of any adobe flash point with terrifying potential. For their appearance on the alien home world may drive the foe to make the ultimate decision - to annihilate a whole planet, alternatively than permit the human contagion to multiply. It might be that nothing can deter them out of this course. With its incredible cast of character types - human, nonhuman, plus some in-between - Homeward Bound is a remarkable contemplation of ethnicities, armies, and people in collision. From the man whom USA Today has called "the key author of alternative history", this is a novel of vision, trip, and constant, astounding surprise.