V-S Day

Paperback | 30 December 2014

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Three-time Hugo Award-winning author Allen Steele imagines an alternate history rooted in an actual historical possibility: What if the race to space had occurred in the early days of World War II?

It's 1941, and Wernher von Braun is ordered by his fuhrer to abandon the V-2 rocket and turn German resources in a daring new direction: construction of a manned orbital spacecraft capable of attacking the United States. When the top secret plan is leaked to Franklin Roosevelt, the president has only one logical response: The United States must build their own spacecraft to destroy it. Robert Goddard, inventor of the liquid-fuel rocket, agrees to head the classified project.

So begins a race against time between two secret military programs and two brilliant scientists whose high-stakes competition will spiral into a deadly game of political intrigue and unforeseen catastrophes played to the death in the brutal skies above America.

Industry Reviews

Praise for Allen Steele Would make Robert A. Heinlein proud. Entertainment Weekly One of the field s very finest writers. Robert J. Sawyer, Nebula Award winning author Allen Steele is among the best. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Allen Steele is always good. Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author The closest thing the science fiction world now has to Robert A. Heinlein. SFRevu And Praise for VS Day Filled with fascinating minutiae of the early days of modern rocketry and exceptional characterization. Booklist Awesome, meticulous attention to scientific details, engineering protocols, bureaucratic procedures, and international politics. Locus A searing blast of what if. SFFWorld.com Thoughtful and fascinating, as entertaining and well-executed an alternate history as you re going to find. It s subtle and ultimately successful, demonstrating once again that you can take a tiny moment, alter a simple decision, and end up with something new and interesting. This, like anything, shows why Steele s a multiple Hugo winner, and why he remains relevant. Tor.com"

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