Resurrection Day

The Cuban Missile Crisis ranks as the most terrifying moment of the Cold War, the point when the United States and the Soviet Union came closest to waging a nuclear war. In this novel, Brendan DuBois offers a terrifying speculation how it might have turned out, with a postwar America still recovering from a "limited" attack that killed millions and turned the country over to a quasi-military regime. DuBois' concept is well... Read Full Review

Let's start with the basics: Buy it. Read it. It is a very good story. Here is the why:In general, what separates the great stories from the avarage ones? Some might say that its the ability of some part of the story to remain with you long after you have finished reading it. In this respect, "Ressurection Day" deserves to be classified as a classic of Alternate History and a great story to boot. From the beginning, Dubois... Read Full Review

I'm an avid reader of thrillers and mysteries but rarely opt for those set in history, or, in this case, alternative history. I happened to grab it off our shared bookshelf at work when I had nothing else to read one day at lunch. I could hardly put it down. I was mesmerized by the imagined post-nuclear world that Dubois describes. It's a book I might have found fantastical prior to this last year post Sept. 11. But having... Read Full Review