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Books by John J. Rust
| | | | | | PWP Member Book Reviews  The Great War: Walk In Hell by Harry Turtledove
Review by John J. Rust
World War One with an alternate twist: It's 1915 and conflict still rages across the North American continent between the U.S. and the Confederate States of America. Soldiers and civilians who were pumped up when the war began in 1914 are disillusioned or only care about making it out alive. Turtledove illustrates how the war progresses through the eyes of several characters - soldiers in the trenches, Canadians living under U.S. rule, civilians both North and South. He did a better job bringing the fighting to life in the first book American Front; here he concentrates more on the impact the war has on both soldiers and civilians. Rationing, death notices from Western Union, and crippled soldiers are featured throughout this riveting book. In addition to managing the war, the USA must deal with a Mormon uprising in Utah while Negroes start a Communist Revolution in the CSA. A total winner. 
John J. Rust is Sports Director/Sportscaster for "The News" 1490 AM, Prescott, Arizona. His publishing credits include the sci-fi novel EPSILON (Xlibris), features in Lighthouse Digest and True Crime Stories, and more than 40 short stories and series on Fanfiction.net.
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