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John Birmingham
John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they’re…
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The storm of events from Weapons of Choice, the first novel in this explosive alternate-history series, leads to an alliance between Hitler and Stalin, a Japanese assault on Australia, and…
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John Birmingham’s father died. And his life fell apart. The next six months were spent grinding through the dark forests of depression until he finally emerged out of the darkness…
In a first installment of a three-part alternate history epic, America’s World War II fleet is decimated by a multi-national task force sent back in time from the year 2021…
Holed up in Las Vegas after the tumultuous Battle of New Orleans, Dave is enjoying the VIP perks afforded a champion monster-slayer. He may be a superhero of swag and…
The epic alternate history of WW2 becomes a fiery reimagining of the Cold War. Prince Harry-yes, that Prince Harry-travels through time to punch Nazis and commies and save the world…
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With a ruthless sect of humanity intent on wiping out their species, five intrepid heroes must think like their enemies in this epic sci-fi adventure.
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WORLD WAR 3.1
The year is 1954. A decade has passed since Berlin and Tokyo were consumed by nuclear fire, but war claws its way back to a world forever…
In the town of Gainesville, Cooper Fox has a special place in people's hearts. Since the car accident that wiped his memories, Cooper has been...a little foggy. Cooper doesn't know…
The second instalment in John Birmingham’s epic sci-fi adventure, The Cruel Stars trilogy. The second instalment in John Birmingham’s epic sci-fi adventure, The Cruel Stars trilogy.
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With their advanced tech rendered null by the Sturm’s attack, humanity face certain annihilation. Their only hope lies with a few brave souls who survived the initial onslaught - these…
An hilarious, terrifying and bizarre roller-coaster ride through the alien, familiar and downright satanic terrain of bestselling writer John Birmingham, author of ‘He Died with a Felafel in his Hand’…
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John Bright
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
The Second World War was turned on its head at the moment Admiral Kolhammer’s ultra-modern stealth warships were hurled back through time from 2021. This title deals with this topic.
On the eve of a huge, breakout success, a poor but brilliant young game developer is pulled out of her world, and time itself, by a cowboy desperately searching for…
On his tour of Australia Birmingham meets the dope smokers of Australia - and finds that they’re not what you might expect. Yes there are some science-fiction geeks, some student…
This gonzo guide isn’t for the faint-hearted. In high-octane style, best-selling author John Birmingham provides tried-and-tested tips for writing well - and getting paid. Topics covered include how to slay…
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Bestselling author John Birmingham delves into our new military myths. Why has Anzac Day returned and Vietnam faded? Why do we love war stories again? What does this mean for…
John Birmingham critically examines the Australia-Indonesia relationship. This essay is a controversial account of how the Australian Government’s relation to Indonesia is characterised by delusion and misjudgment.
The Sequence of event of the Second World War was altered forever at the very moment the task force of ultra-modern stealth warships emerged from a rip in the time-space…
When an oil rig drills too deep, it unleashes a torrent of nightmares - the creatures of legend, always thought to be figments of our imagination, are now a very…
Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can’t eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.‘ This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be…
Birmingham sets new standards in alternate history, time travel, and sheer dancing-on-the-edge-of-the lava gonzo inventiveness. Solid and wild at the same time. - S.M. Stirling, author of Dies the Fire
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For fans of Jim Butcher and Kevin Hearne comes an action-packed new urban fantasy series featuring a tough, bleakly funny, down-on-his luck oil rig worker with an unlikely destiny as…
Enjoying the perks afforded a champion monster-slayer in Las Vegas, Dave, after making a deal with the devil, must face off against an opponent unlike any he has ever faced–a…
A wave of inexplicable energy has slammed into America. And destroyed it. What will the world do without its last Superpower? For the jihadists, Allah has performed a miracle. For…
From the geopolitics of post-American dominance to the fallout of Israel’s nuclear strike, this book provides a gripping, intelligent, and harrowing chronicle of a world in the maw of chaos…
As a hardworking monster-slayer, Dave Hooper tries not to bring his work home with him. But nowadays it’s hard to keep them separate. Email, cellphones, empath daemons, they never let…
The third and final novel in Birminghams World War II alternate history trilogy. Its like a Clive Cussler novel fell into a transporter beam with a Stephen Ambrose history, and…
A Del Rey mass market original –Title page verso.
A modern city can feed itself for nine days. No more. And when the panic starts...
In the pulse-pounding thriller Zero Day Code by best-selling author John Birmingham, civilization unravels…
Birmingham drills beneath the cover story of a successful multicultural metropolis and melts the boundaries between past and present to reveal a ghost city beneath the surface of concrete and…
In 2021, a quantum military experiment goes horrifically wrong. A multinational taskforce of ultra-modern warships is suddenly transported back in time to 1942. High-tech hardware goes head to head with…
The Brave Ones follows the Indonesian Army’s Battalion 745 as it withdrew from East Timor after the 1999 independence vote, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. Birmingham’s unflinching…
A group of intrepid heroes must band together to save civilization after a long dormant enemy awakens and strikes a devastating blow.
The author of the acclaimed novel Weapons of Choice returns with his most chilling story yet. Without Warning imagines what would happen if an unexplained phenomenon virtually erases the U.S…
On Zero Day of the first and last cyberwar in human history, the internet went dark, transport and power grids collapsed, and cities began to starve. Ten days later, millions…
On Zero Day of the first and last cyberwar in human history, the internet went dark, transport and power grids collapsed, and cities began to starve, showing just how vulnerable…
From the geopolitics of post-American dominance to the fallout of Israel’s nuclear strike, After America provides a gripping, intelligent, and harrowing chronicle of a world in the maw of chaos-and…
