Alternate History Fiction

An untested group of Shield-Brethren initiates stand before the sprawling Mongol army in a bloody circus of sadistic violence, while a hardened company of their finest roam the desolate wasteland of the Mongol empire, wrapping their dead in blood-soaked soil and struggling to find the strength to fight even as they mourn. The warrior-monks, both in the East and the West, sharpen their swords for a final battle. The Khan of Khans must be slain if Christendom is to survive.

The year is 1895. London is scared. A killer haunts the city's streets. The poor are hungry. Crime bosses are taking control. The police force is stretched to the breaking point. The rich turn to Sherlock Holmes, but the celebrated private detective rarely visits the densely populated streets of South London, where the crimes are sleazier and the people are poorer. In the dark corner of Southwark, victims turn to a man who despises Holmes, his wealthy clientele, and his showy forensic approach to crime: Arrowood.

Europe, 1632. It is a time of upheaval and great change. But none so great as when an unexplained temporal and spatial phenomenon known as the Ring of Fire transports the blue collar town of Grantville, West Virginia, smack dab in the middle of the Thirty Years War. When the dust settles, it becomes clear that the town of Grantville isn't going anywhere, and the can-do Americans of the twenty-first century begin altering the course of history forever.

Однажды я, Бог-Император, умер. И спустя тысячелетия переродился в теле тщедушного Вадима Сабурова из проклятого и презираемого рода. Мир изменился до неузнаваемости. И правят в нём мои старые враги, прикрываясь моим нетленным трупом... В школе Вадима травят и избивают одарённые дети из знатных родов. Учителя грозят отчислением из-за плохих результатов на Арене. Любимая девушка использует Вадима в качестве груши для битья.

Kit Crockett lives on a farm with her grief-stricken, widowed father, tending the garden, fishing in a local stream, and reading Nancy Drew mysteries from the library bookmobile. One day, Kit discovers a mysterious and beautiful woman has moved in just down the road. Kit and the newcomer, Bella, become friends, and the lonely Kit draws comfort from her. But when a malicious neighbor finds out, Kit suddenly finds herself at the center of a tragic, fatal crime and becomes a ward of the court.

The Crown and Key Society face their most terrifying villain yet: Gaios, a deranged demigod with the power to destroy Britain. To avenge a centuries-old betrayal, Gaios is hell-bent on summoning the elemental forces of the earth to level London and bury Britain. The Crown and Key Society, a secret league consisting of a magician, an alchemist, and a monster-hunter, is the realm’s only hope—and to stop Gaios, they must gather their full strength and come together as a team, or the world will fall apart.

Hannah is distraught when her parents are murdered - and worse, she should have been at home with them...not meeting her forbidden love, Reece. Unable to face the community and her guilt, she runs away and marries him. But Reece controls her completely, and when she gets pregnant - against his wishes - he pushes her down the stairs as she approaches her due date. When she wakes in the hospital and he tells her the baby died, she runs again.

When it comes to expressing the pleasure and pain of being just a touch too smart to be happy, Dorothy Parker is still the champion. Along with Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, and the rest of the Algonquin Round Table, she dominated American popular literature in the 1920s and 1930s. This collection of more than 30 short stories and poems is essential for any Parker fan and an excellent way for new listeners to make the acquaintance of one of the 20th century's most quotable authors.

Montréal, 1680s: Minique has a secret she can’t ever tell. She knows there are horrific consequences for girls and women who do not conform. She saw it with her own eyes when Anne, the aubergiste, was viciously marched through town and charged with crimes she didn’t commit. Besides, Minique has never had family members to tell. She remembers little of her mother, a fille du roi, who arrived in Montréal on a ship; she rarely sees her father, a coureur des bois who is often away; and she barely speaks with her Tante Marie, a stern, hard woman.

When an inexplicable wave of energy slammed into North America, millions died. In the rest of the world, wars erupted, borders vanished, and the powerful lost their grip on power. Against this backdrop, with a conflicted US president struggling to make momentous decisions in Seattle and a madman fomenting rebellion in Texas, three women are fighting their own battles - for survival, justice, and revenge.

New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen conclude their inventive trilogy with Never Call Retreat, a remarkable answer to the great "what if" of the American Civil War: Could the South have indeed won?

Same date; six different years, the Time Patrol must save our timeline from the Shadow by preserving our past. Nine-Eleven is a day that reverberates in our collective conscious. But is a date of significance throughout history. On 9/11, nine A.D., three Roman legions were annihilated by an alliance of Germanic tribes; the Romans would never again attempt to expand east of the Rhine River. On 9/11, 1973, a military coup in Chile, engineered by the United States, toppled the elected President and eventually brought Pinochet to power.

In the shadows of Jacobean London, a conspiracy far deeper than gunpowder and treason unfolds. As Guy Fawkes awaits his fate in the Tower, unseen forces pull at the threads of reality itself. The thirty pieces of silver that enticed the betrayal of Christ now scattered across the globe, each coin a power to destroy. Enter Investigator Thomas Blackwood, John Dee, the Queen's own magician, and Christopher Marlowe, playwright and spy, thrust into a quest that will challenge everything they believe.

16-летние братья-близнецы в Днепропетровске отправляются искать клад батьки Махно, но в подземном коллекторе из 2019 года внезапно проваливаются в прошлое — в 1919 год. После ряда приключений они попадают в Первую повстанческую армию Нестора Махно, который в это самое время раздумывает, присоединиться ли ему к большевикам. Попаданцы из будущего помогают знаменитому анархисту сделать правильный выбор. История России получила возможность пойти совсем по другому сценарию.

Война — это дуэль со смертью. Бой в тылу врага — бег с ней наперегонки. И порой удача значит больше, чем самые лучшие планы или совершенная техника. Вот только что делать, если удача закончилась? Попавшие в сорок первый год наши современники продолжают громить врага там, где он не ждет. И когда появляется выбор между жизнью и честью, каждый из них знает, как поступить. И пока у них остались силы, они будут идти вперед, наматывая врагов на гусеницы Т-34.

Бывший военный летчик и глава крупного медиахолдинга из 2015 года переносится в тело брата Николая Второго — великого князя Михаила Александровича в самый разгар Февральской революции. Спасая свою жизнь, вынужден принять корону Российской империи. И тут началось... Мятежи, заговоры, покушения. Интриги, подставы, закулисье мира. Большая Игра и Игроки. Многоуровневые события, каждый слой которых открывает читателю новые, подчас неожиданные подробности событий, часто скрытые от глаз простого обывателя.

Он сбежал от смерти в другой мир, где получил уникальную способность к алхимии. Он искусно работал и заслужил место в братстве. Таких, как он, называют варщиками и отводят им роль лабораторных затворников... но он не собирается быть таким. Варщик идёт своей дорогой.

Ты не спецназовец, не герой-одиночка, ты вообще никто. Модный блоггер, презирающий всех и вся, благо за это платят. А что если однажды тебя заставят заплатить? Ни штрафом и даже ни сроком в тюрьме, а своей никчемной жизнью? Поймешь ли ты, ради чего страдали деды и прадеды, надрывались в полях, на стройках и в шахтах, гнили в окопах и умирали за свою Великую Родину? Поймешь ли ты и сможешь ли сам сделать что-то важное не только для себя, но и для людей, и страны в целом? А ты попробуй.

Laura Caxton vowed never to face them again. The horror of what the vampires did is too close, the wounds too fresh. But when Jameson Arkeley, broken and barely recognizable, comes to her with an unfathomable, unholy discovery, her resolve crumbles.

In the hallowed halls of Oxford’s Merlin College, the most talented - and highest born - sons of the Kingdom of Britain are taught the intricacies of magickal theory. But what dazzles can also destroy, as Gray Marshall is about to discover.… Gray’s deep talent for magick has won him a place at Merlin College. But when he accompanies four fellow students on a mysterious midnight errand that ends in disaster and death, he is sent away in disgrace - and without a trace of his power.