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World War 3.3
Paperback
Series: Axis of Time
Science FictionGeneral Fiction
ISBN13: 9780648633174
Publisher: John Birmingham
Published: Feb 15 2026
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE FUTURE CRASHED INTO THE PAST. NOW, 1955 IS BURNING.
From the author of Weapons of Choice and The Cruel Stars comes the explosive next chapter in the Axis of Time saga.
It has been six weeks since the Cold War went hot.
In a timeline broken by the arrival of a 21st-century naval task force, history has derailed. The year is 1955, but it is a world transformed. The Soviet Union armed with history books that told Stalin exactly how the West would win. The United States and its allies are scrambling to hold the line with a terrifying mix of dwindling futuristic tech and gritty 1950s industrial might.
The Cold War is over. Total war has begun.
THREE DAYS OF CHAOS
World War 3.3 drops you directly into the firestorm. This is alternate history at its most ferocious.
For the accidental time-travellers of Kolhammer's Multinational Force, the nightmare scenario has arrived. Their satellites are going dark. An enemy armed with future knowledge and sci-fi weapons. A war for the timeline itself.
Praise for the Axis of Time series:
Insanely clever alt-history mash-up of WWII and the twenty-first century war on terror isn't your typical time-travelling technothriller. - Wired magazine.
Birmingham is exemplary. The descriptions of combat - both from an executive remove and a close - are terrifyingly gruesome and detailed... Birmingham succeeds in restaging World War II in a manner as gripping as, say, Herman Wouk's The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. - Sci-fi Weekly.
Weapons-grade military techno-thriller... It's like a Clive Cussler novel fell into a transporter beam with a Stephen Ambrose history and they came out all fused together. - Time magazine.
Birmingham's enthralling battleground mixes provocative historical fiction with socially, conscious futurism. Entertainment Weekly.
Jump into the timeline. Read World War 3.3 today. This gripping instalment of the Axis of Time series blends military realism, philosophical science fiction, and political suspense in a way few novels do.
It's perfect for readers who crave alternate world books like Dark Matter, time travel fiction best sellers, and dark, suspenseful thrillers with just a touch of romance.
Whether you're drawn to alternate Cold War scenarios, books that mess with your head, or just want to fall into a unique, engaging history fiction experience, World War 3.2 delivers. If you're compiling your personal list of the best thrillers of all time, this one belongs next to the modern greats. Think dark fiction thriller meets global conflict, layered with timeline dissonance and emotional stakes.
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