Harry Turtledove, the multiple-award-winning author of such imaginative
alternate histories as Ruled Britannia and Guns of the South, asks a
startling question: What if Germany won World War II, and the Nazi
regime's rule over most of Europe and North America continued into the
twenty-first century?
Heinrich Gimpel is a respected bureaucrat in Berlin. His wife is a
common Hausfrau, raising his three precious daughters the same way he
was raised – to be loyal, unquestioning citizens of the Third Reich,
obedient to the will of the Fuhrer.
But Heinrich Gimpel has a secret. He is not, in fact, a member of the
Master Race. He has been living a lie to protect his true identity as a
Jew – and he's not alone. Throughout Berlin, Jews survive in secrecy,
maintaining the facade of perfect Aryans, and praying they will not be
discovered.
But a change is coming. And soon they will be forced to choose between
safety and freedom...
Harry Norman Turtledove (born 1949) is an American historian and novelist. He writes historical fiction, alternate history, science fiction and fantasy novels. Harry Turtledove has written books under three pseudonyms: Eric Iverson, Dan Chernenko and H. N. Turteltaub. Photo source: Wikimedia Commons.
