Weapons of Choice

On the eve of America's greatest victory in the Pacific, a catastrophic event disrupts the course of World War II, forever changing the rules of combat. . . .

The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. A military experiment in the year 2021 has thrust an American-led multinational armada back to 1942, right into the middle of the U.S. naval task force speeding toward Midway Atoll--and what was to be the most spectacular U.S. triumph of the entire war.

Thousands died in the chaos, but the ripples had only begun. For these veterans of Pearl Harbor--led by Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, and Spruance--have never seen a helicopter, or a satellite link, or a nuclear weapon. And they've never encountered an African American colonel or a British naval commander who was a woman and half-Pakistani. While they embrace the armada's awesome firepower, they may find the twenty-first century sailors themselves far from acceptable.

Initial jubilation at news the Allies would win the war is quickly doused by the chilling realization that the time travelers themselves--by their very presence--have rendered history null and void. Celebration turns to dread when the possibility arises that other elements of the twenty-first century task force may have also made the trip--and might now be aiding Yamamoto and the Japanese.

What happens next is anybody's guess--and everybody's nightmare. . . .

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Worlds
Published: 06/01/2004
ISBN: 9780345457127
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.98d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2004 pg. 343
Publishers Weekly 05/24/2004 pg. 49
Time 07/19/2004 pg. 74
Entertainment Weekly 07/30/2004 pg. 73
Library Journal 06/15/2004