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Altered Europa by [Martin T. Ingham, Dan Gainor, Sam Kepfield, William Rade, Bruno Lombardi, Ryan McCall, Dave D'Alessio, Tom Anderson, Deborah L. Davitt, Alex Shalenko]

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Behold History the way it wasn't! Explore the age-old question, “What-if,” with 21 tales of alternate history!

What if Rome had never fallen?
What if the Soviet Union sent a man to Mars?
What if the Austrian Empire reigned supreme?
What if Ireland had fought for their independence in the 1860’s?
What if World War III had struck in the 1980’s?
These and many more scenarios are explored in Altered Europa!

Featuring stories by William Rade, Sam Kepfield, Dan Gainor, Dave D’Alessio, Bruno Lombardi, Tom Anderson, Cyrus P. Underwood, Alex Shalenko, Charles Wilcox, Tim Moshier, DJ Tyrer, Deborah L. Davitt, Mark Mellon, Ryan McCall, Mike Jansen,
Murray Braun, Sergio Palumbo, Ben Prewitt, Martin T. Ingham, & Michael McAndrews Bailey.

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April 2, 2017
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01NC2SQ0F
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Martinus Publishing; 1st edition (April 2, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 2, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1716 KB
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Best Sellers Rank: #884,645 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,660 in Alternative History
- #3,689 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books)
- #370,761 in Literature & Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Bruno Lombardi
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Bruno Lombardi was born in Montreal in 1968. He has had a rather distressing tendency to be a weirdness magnet for much of his adult life. If your friend's cousin's brother-in-law tells you a story and swears it's true and that it 'happened to someone he knows', it was probably Bruno.
His hobbies include attempting to dissuade the cults that form around him, managing the betting pool on the next Weird Thing, and being a slave to his cat, Mynx. He currently lives in Ottawa and works as a civil servant for the Canadian government. Rumours that he secretly runs the Canadian government from his nuclear bunker with an android called 'Justin Trudeau' as a front have never been substantiated and are merely rumours. Honestly.
He has also met lots of people off the internet and has yet to be murdered by any of them; his cat, on the other hand, has other ideas.
"Snake Oil," published by Daverana Enterprises, is his first published novel. A second edition of "Snake Oil," published by Martinus Publishing, is now available.
His short story 'A Thursday Night at Doctor What's Time and Relative Dimensional Space Bar and Grill' appears in "The Temporal Element" anthology.
His short story 'Gold Fever' appears in the "Quests, Curses, & Vengeance" anthology.
His short stories 'A Single Decision' and 'The Road was lit with Moon and Star' appears in the "Altered America" anthology.
His short stories 'A Company of Deaths' and 'Rendezvous' appears in the "To Hell with Dante" anthology.
His short story 'For the Times They Are A-Changin'' appears in the "Yarr! A Space Pirate Anthology"
He can be reached on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bruno-Lombardi-Author-Page/434916096583689
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David W. D'Alessio
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Dave D'Alessio is an ex-industrial chemist, ex-TV engineer, and ex-award winning animator currently masquerading as a practicing social scientist. His short fiction has been published in venues such as Daily Science Fiction, the Mad Scientist Journal, Every Day Fiction and anthologies such as VFW: Veterans of Future Wars, Altered Europa, and A Convergence of Worlds. Several of them are linked to the right.
Dave lives within driving distance of an Ikea store and has fun assembling the furniture.
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Steven Woodcock

A Fine Collection of Alternate Histories

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2017

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This is a rather lengthy compendium of alternate histories.

There are some 21 stories here ranging from rather short to almost novella length. The scope is broad (not just "what happened if German won WW2?") and for the most part they're quite interesting. Of course in any collection of stories like this there are always a couple that didn't work for me, but that's the beauty of a collection like this--if it's not working for you just move on to the next. My particular favorites were "The Twenty Year Reich" and "A.E.I.O.U"....they both took and interesting premise and really ran with it.

Recommended for any fan of alternate and speculative histories; I like it quite a bit even with the couple of duds.

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Kristin M.

A fun anthology

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2017

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This was a fun anthology for me to read. The stories had great range and awesome premises. Absolutely a worthwhile read!

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Electric Zebra

If one is looking for a good collection of short stories in the alternate history genre ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017

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If one is looking for a good collection of short stories in the alternate history genre I would thoroughly recommend this book. There is a variety, something for everyone, and well worth the price.

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David P. Graf

A great collection of alternative history stories...

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2017

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One of the best new collections of alternative history that I've read. With only a clunker or two in the collection, you are in for a treat if you enjoy alternative history with a focus on Europe. This is simply a collection of well-done and thoughtful stories. I do not want to give anything away and so I am not going to describe the stories but let readers enjoy reading them with no preconceptions.

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Jonathan Flanery

Good but not quite on a par with SM Stirling ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2017

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The stories are SHORT but intriguing. Good but not quite on a par with SM Stirling or Harry Turtledove who were also not contributors.

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kira and declan

To understand history, it is helpful to read what might have been.

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2018

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A stone skipping across alternate history. Some exceptional writing, as well as fascinating descriptions of tactics, weapons, soldiers, and commanders - and the rather eternal truths of warfare, regardless of who won.

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Rod Barron

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2018

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good book

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Each story seemed to be written like a Wikipedia article

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2017

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Most of the short stories in this book had an interesting premise. However, the writing of all of them was incredibly basic, to the point that it lost my interest. Each story seemed to be written like a Wikipedia article: "x happened, then y happened, then z happened." I'd strongly suggest previewing this book before purchasing it.

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Great anthology that improves as you read on

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2018

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I’ve only ever written as a hobby, not as a career, and only then short pieces of fiction such as vignettes and short stories; that writing process was difficult enough, so I can only imagine how difficult, and stressful, it must be for an author to compose an entire novel, particularly if they are an independent writer and must therefore also tackle the challenges of self-publishing like editing and cover design. The number of authors I have spoken to, both online and in person, have highlighted how demanding (and yet deeply rewarding) this process can be, and only increased my admiration for anyone undertaking it. So to take on all of those separate issues (writing, editing, cover design etc.) and then in addition decide to be the editor of an entire anthology – thereby committing to commissioning short stories, reviewing submissions, communicating with authors, dealing with royalties and a dozen other tasks – is a truly staggering task which should be rightly celebrated. And this is what Martin T. Ingham has achieved with Altered Europa, the second alternate-history indie anthology that he has edited and published. Both this anthology and its predecessor, Altered America, have been on my To Be Reviewed list for a while, and as I live closer to Europe rather than America I thought I’d start there.
Altered Europa consists of twenty-one short stories that deal with alternate or counterfactual history. That is, to put it mildly, a significant number of entries for any anthology, particularly one set in such a relatively niche genre; even many of the professional anthologies I’ve reviewed rarely have above 17-18 stories, so this is an impressive achievement by the editor. Pair that with the fact that the collection is available on the Kindle Unlimited programme, and (at time of writing) is a mere £2.49 to purchase outright, and Altered Europa makes an incredibly cost-effective package for the potential reader. Not only is the low cost attractive to a reader, but so is the cover art for the anthology; although not quite the equal of some of the evocative and distinctive designs from Jack Tindale, Sea Lion Press’ own illustrator, the flame-wreathed map of Europe is quite effective, and the fonts chosen to accompany the cover art are complementary and do not clash, as is so often the case with indie publications.
Moving onto the content of the stories within the anthology, it is sometimes a mixed bag in regards to their quality. Unfortunately some of the entries within the collection are simply not that well-written, occasionally wasting interesting Points of Divergence (PoDs); or are based around PoDs that themselves make absolutely no sense and require historical figures to abandon their own personalities and morals and adopt new, foreign ones for the sake of plot progression. However, that being said I have made it a point to rarely, if ever, review a title that I consider to be bad; and the fact that I am writing this review should hopefully therefore be an indication that I found Altered Europa worth my time as a reader. This is because when the anthology does alternate history fiction well, it does it very well indeed. To focus on some of the highlights of the collection, let’s start with Foundation and Evil Empire by Sam Kepfield. Alternate history is at its best, I think, when it focuses on the cultural and social changes that would come from a PoD, and Kepfield’s story is an excellent example of this; positing a timeline where Asimov remains in the Soviet Union rather than emigrating to the United States, Kepfield effortlessly weaves a darkly comic tale of how Soviet bureaucrats would struggle to deal with the themes and viewpoints to be found in some of Asimov’s most famous works. The Twenty-Year Reich from the pen of Dave D’Alessio is another stand-out story, dealing with one of the core tropes of the genre, the victorious Nazi Germany. However, rather than pouring over the minutiae of how the Reich would govern, or the grim reality of that universe, D’Alessio instead paints a tale of a Reich that goes to war with itself, the death of a sick and aging Fuhrer leading to a brutal civil war where even the winners can’t be said to be at all triumphant. Following on from this, we get the first of two stories written by Dr Tom Anderson, also published by Sea Lion Press; N’oublions Jamais, co-authored with Bruno Lombardi, starts out with a rather typical trench-level view of the First World War. However, as the story progresses, hints and clues begin to come together to highlight that this is a very different version of the conflict that took place in our reality; not only are there some fast-paced and very well-written action scenes, but also some fascinating glimpses into a world where certain historical events occurring differently have led to some very different alliances being formed. It’s a fascinating and compelling story, and one that deserves to be expanded upon.
Moving through the anthology, The Fourth Pandemic was another tale that I greatly enjoyed. Author Tim Moshier unleashes the spectre of biological warfare on the Soviet Union in the final weeks prior to Operation Barbarossa, thereby kicking off an absorbing tale of how a totalitarian state might try to combat a virulent plague spreading through its interior, and how it’s equally totalitarian neighbour might try and take advantage of this distraction and weakness, with some surprising ahistorical results. Then the second story from Dr Tom Anderson, this time the sole writer, is A.E.I.O.U. Beginning with the death of William II, King of Prussia, on the battlefield of Kunersdorf in 1759, Dr Anderson plays to his strengths as an author and produces a magisterial tale of the King’s death rippling through Europe and beyond, changes taking place by degree until the end result is a world almost completely alien to our own reality; and yet such is his skill as a writer that the entire process feels completely organic and unforced.
I think that the shining star, the crown jewel of Altered Europa, is the story by Deborah L. Davitt, entitled Ave, Caesarion. Set in a world where the assassination attempt on Caesar was a failure, Davitt focuses on the figure of Caesarion, the older son of Caesar. Returning to Rome in triumph, with his younger brother in tow, he enters a city where political and religious intriguing is at its height as Caesar lays dying. Davitt writes cleanly and confidently, and is skilled at depicting the political backstabbing and infighting that would be caused by this alternate timeline, but about a quarter of the way through the story it takes a completely unexpected turn; I won’t spoil such a brilliant story, but suffice to say that Davitt seamlessly blends alternate history and magical fantasy and creates a world that cries out for more stories from it to be told.
Moving towards the end of the anthology, A Rare Chance at the Enemy by Mark Melion looks at what might have happened if submersible technology had become viable in the early 19th Century, with the British fleet blockading Napoelonic France encountering the French-funded and Irish-crewed Actium to devastating effects. And The Fire Tulips from Mike Jansen is a richly imaginative and sumptuously-imagined story set in a world where the Dutch East India Company (VOC) has become one of the dominant powers in the world, and follows a VOC computer programmer as he finalises the installation of a VOC superweapon system on the island of Crete. Finally, The Battle of Tim Hortons by Bruno Lombardi and Ben Prewitt is a darkly amusing tale of the Third World War breaking out in Europe in the late 1980s, and the (mis)adventures of one group of Canadian soldiers as they react to the world being plunged into war.
In conclusion, Altered Europa is a credible and highly enjoyable anthology of indie alternate history stories, a number of which shine in terms of the high quality of the writing and imagination on display and deserve to be expanded upon – perhaps in a future sequel to this anthology. It is an absolute must-read for fans of alternate history as a genre, and I can only hope that we see further anthologies of this quality from publisher Martinus, and editor Martin T. Ingham.

Jacobite

Very, very good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2017

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It's difficult to write alternative history in a short story environment so this anthology is very impressive. There is not a single dud: hats off to authors and editor.

Ian Macintyre

Avoid

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2018

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Most of these stories, and they are stories rather than counterfactual history, are terribly written and poorly thought through. With several there is also the classic problem with counter history, wish fulfilment. Avoid.

Kindle Customer

An affirmatively of counterfactual scenarios. A joy to read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2019

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Great range of stories which include some clever references to real people in strange situations. The ghosts with Columbus are cool!

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