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Those in Peril (The Phases of Mars Book 1) by [Chris Kennedy, James Young, Kacey Ezell, Stephen Simmons, Joelle Presby, Philip Wohlrab, Day Al-Mohamed, William Stroock, Rob Howell, Sarah Hoyt, Meriah Crawford, Philip S Bolger, Justin Watson, Jan Niemczyk, Doug Dandridge]

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"Those in Peril" presents some intriguing concepts by reshuffling naval history's deck of cards…Full credit to all the authors for originality!" -- Barrett Tillman, author of On Wave and Wing: The 100-Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier

Fourteen outstanding authors. Fourteen worlds that never were.

Throughout the human experience, historians have wondered, “What if?” What if Japan had been on the side of the U.S. in World War II? What if things had been just a little different in the Falklands? What if Russia had started World War Three?

Wonder no more, for these questions, along with many others, are answered within the pages of this book. Told by a variety of award-winning authors, like Sarah Hoyt, the 2018 Dragon Award Winner for Alternate History, and Kacey Ezell, the winner of the 2018 Baen Reader’s Choice Award, “Those in Peril,” deals with naval warfare that never happened in our world…but easily could have.

The first book in the exciting new “Phases of Mars” anthology series, there is something for everyone inside! From sailing ships, to steam, to today’s modern aircraft carriers, “Those in Peril” traces several centuries of naval warfare…that wasn’t. From adding a psychic…to making a different choice of friend or foe…to something insignificant toppling a kingdom, this book has it, so come aboard and find out “what if” all of these things had changed history…just a little. You’ll be glad you did!

Inside you'll find:
Naked by Kacey Ezell
Captain Bellamy’s War by Stephen J. Simmons
A Safe Wartime Posting by Joelle Presby
Beatty’s Folly by Philip Wohlrab
Martha Coston and the Farragut Curse by Day Al-Mohamed
The Blue and the Red: Palmerston’s Ironclads by William Stroock
Far Better to Dare by Rob Howell
Off Long Island: 1928 by Doug Dandridge
For Want of a Pin by Sarah A. Hoyt
Nothing Can Be Said Sufficient to Describe It by Meriah Crawford
Corsairs and Tenzans by Philip S. Bolger
For a Few Camels More by Justin Watson
Per Mare Per Terram by Jan Niemczyk
Fate of the Falklands by James Young

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Those in Peril presents some intriguing concepts by reshuffling naval history's deck of cards. The US and Royal navies on opposite sides in World War I, and contending along our east coast 10 years later. Then the U.S. allied with Japan in "The Oahu Pact" during the next world war. Along the way we see pirates, the Spanish-American War refought, another look at the Falklands-Malvinas battle, and perhaps most interesting of all: a Japanese submarine freelancing against the French during the 1950s Indochina campaign. Full credit to all the authors for originality!

--Barrett Tillman

On Wave and Wing: The 100-Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier

It kept me engrossed until I turned the last page, and there were a few I would love to see turned into full novels.

-- Mike Durkin, Internet Reviewer

Really good alternate history can make you do one of new things: paint actual events in a new light, or really make you think about what might have been. Excellent alternate history, like this anthology, can make you do both.

-- Mike Romero, Internet Reviewer

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07NPG7QFW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Theogony Books (February 12, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3204 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 487 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #67,272 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #115 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Kindle Store)
- #176 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Books)
- #255 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books)

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Chris Kennedy
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A Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy is a Science Fiction/Fantasy author, speaker, and small-press publisher who has written over 30 books and published more than 200 others. Get his free book, “Shattered Crucible,” at his website, https://chriskennedypublishing.com.
Called “fantastic” and “a great speaker,” he has coached hundreds of beginning authors and budding novelists on how to self-publish their stories at a variety of conferences, conventions, and writing guild presentations. He is the author of the award-winning #1 bestseller, “Self-Publishing for Profit: How to Get Your Book Out of Your Head and Into the Stores.”
Chris lives in Coinjock, North Carolina, with his wife, and is the holder of a doctorate in educational leadership and master’s degrees in both business and public administration. Follow Chris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ckpublishing/.
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James Young
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James Young is a science fiction and alternative history author and editor hailing from Missouri. Leaving small town life, James obtained a bachelor's in military history from the United States Military Academy then went on to spend six years as an armor and staff officer in Korea, the Pacific Northwest, and Germany.
After serving his commitment to the Republic, James returned to the Midwest to obtain his Masters and Doctorate in U.S. History from Kansas State. License for evil, er, Ph.D. in hand, Dr. Young now spends his spare time torturing characters, editing alternative history anthologies with far more famous authors like S.M. Stirling and David Weber (check out the Phases of Mars series), and admiring his wife's (Anita C. Young) award-winning artwork.
On Amazon, you can check out James' Usurper's War (alternative history) and Vergassy Chronicles (science fiction) series, both of which he is diligently working on now that the academic yoke is from around his neck. Outside of Amazon, Dr. Young can be found at conventions throughout the Midwest selling books and merchandise as James Young, Slinger of Tales. Stop by his booth sometime, and he'll be happy to tell you about his "booknivorous" dogs and discuss World War II carrier doctrine.
In addition to his positive fiction reviews, Dr. Young also writes military history non-fiction. In addition to Barren SEAD (available for sale), James is working on preparing his dissertation for publication. His awards include winning the United States Naval Institute's 2016 Cyberwarfare Essay Contest, placing as a runner up in the 2011 Adams Center Cold War Essay Contest, and having the Naval History and Heritage Command select an article ("Surface Lessons of Guadalcanal") for inclusion on their professional reading list.
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Jonathan Minion Bolder

Something for anyone that ever thought, "But what if...".

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019

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This anthology was thoroughly enjoyable. From the heart string pulling first story through all of the what if situations of the rest. I was drawn in and happily read the fictional alternatives to the history i learned. Some amazing story tellers put their voices into this work.

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DCH1400

Naval Alternate History

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2019

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This is an alternate history short story anthology that focuses almost entirely on naval combat (there are a couple of stories that actually take place almost entirely on the ground though). The alternate histories in this book are excellent (for the most part, there is one in particular that I won't mention further that I think was poorly thought out). Every single one, even the one with the poorly thought out (in my opinion) history had engaging concepts or characters, and the vast majority had both. This was a very good anthology that exposed me to a bunch of new authors who I definitely want to read more from and some worlds I would be willing to read an entire book in. The scale of the alternate histories differs, but are generally larger, with larger geopolitical differences occurring in the background, sometimes many years previously. In a special few, you witness the event that changed history, and I really liked all of those stories. It made them more engaging in a way. Am definitely looking forwards to the next in the series. I also very much appreciated that all of the stories were short, and that they didn't have a couple of novellas shoehorned into an anthology of short stories for whatever reason.

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G. Jacobs

Interesting Alt-History Anthology

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2019

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I haven't quite finished, but I read a story this morning that motivated me to get a review up. "For A Few Camels More" is simply outstanding. Justin Watson, despite his ground-pounder background, really captures the fear and unknowns of submarine combat in a world where the Cold War is being fought between U.S and Nazi Germany. Sarah Hoyt put together an exquisite character study in "For Want Of A Pin". I went from disliking the character to feeling sympathy for her as she dealt with a world beyond her control. KC Ezell's "Naked" is a tale from her Psyche of War universe. Most of the rest of the stories are pure alt-history and fun thought experiments of "what if U.S. battleships fought these guys". The only story I just could not get into was "Nothing Can Be Said Sufficient to Describe It"

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Rex the Cat

Meh. . . .

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2020

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I am being a bit generous in giving this 2 stars - mostly because the writing and editing are okay; however, I am giving only two stars because the story-telling in these alt-history naval warfare is close to boring. It is mostly repetitive and implausible plots of a bunch of treacherous British warships being blasted out of the water by a bunch of heroic American warships in "what if" WW 1 history had been a bit different. Not my cup of tea. I will not be buying the subsequent books in this series.

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David Hallquist

This is a must for any fan of naval historical fiction.

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2020

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How would the war have turned out if...
That's the question raised in “Those in Peril”. Centering on a naval theme, this anthology looks into how war at sea would have looked from a variety of different perspectives, if something had been different. From the golden age or piracy to a World War III that never was, the stories in Peril deal with the complex issues that bring about war, the strategy involved, and gripping action without ever loosing sight of stories of the brave sailors who fight such battles.

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Different.

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2019

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An interesting series of alternative pasts/presents in various places. One thing I did notice, though, was a distinct anti-British bias. It was rather noticable to me as British born, and now Australian resident.

If this trend continues in the projected two books to follow, I don't think I'll bother to buy them.

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Vallon Davis

Outstanding Collection of Alternate History

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2019

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What drew me to this anthology was the fact that James Young was involved, having read the first two his "Usurpers War" series I knew that this collection was going to be a great read. From the first story to the very last, readers are treated to alternate naval history stories from the Civil War, Napoleonic War, The Great War, World War 2, the Falklands, and wars in an altered time where the Greater German Reich and the U.S. are waging a new type of proxy war in Asia. Some of these could become full novels somewhere in the future. All in all this was a great anthology. Looking forward to the following two books.

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Dekoh

Alternate military is always interesting when different decisions are made to change the course

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2019

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Great alternate military action stories ranging from the 1600s to modern day. I particularly liked Naked, Captain Bellamy's War, and Fate of the Falklands.

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Michael B

Not exactly inspiring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2021

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None of the stories were exactly inspiring. In spite of that I would have given the book four stars except that 20% were straight excerpts from novels. Filling short story collections with ads is a rip off.

Big B

A good verity of stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2020

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A great way to find new authers to read
The short stories cover 3 books, land, sea and air. This edition was sea and alternate events to battles, great reading

Sam Graham

good book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2021

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good stories

Scott Osmond

Some Great Tales

Reviewed in Australia on March 17, 2019

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I enjoyed this collection. From the thundering line of battle to aircraft carriers some great authors play around in the sandpit of what if? A genre which is a favourite of mine. Like all collections some stories are stronger than others but no real duds. For Want of a Pin didn't quite work for me but taste is subjective. I'll be reading the next collection.