William R. Forstchen, Author . Forge $21.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0114-7
What could have been a moving tale of a man's progress from slave to free man to battle-scarred veteran of the Union Army is here reduced to a pedestrian ramble through the Civil War. Samuel Washburn, a slave who grows up on a Kentucky...
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William R. Forstchen. Forge, $25.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7653-7670-1
At the start of bestseller Forstchen’s stirring sequel to 2009’s One Second After, 730 days have passed since EMP weapons destroyed nearly all electronic equipment in the continental U.S. After the initial violence and starvation, the community of...
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William R. Forstchen. Forge, $25.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-7673-2
Pompous, windy political discussions swamp the few effective action scenes in bestseller Forstchen’s conclusion (after 2015’s One Year After) to his trilogy set in a United States reeling from the effects of a devastating electromagnetic pulse...
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William R. Forstchen, Author, Newt Gingrich, Foreword by . Forge $24.95 (350p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1758-2
In this entertaining apocalyptic thriller from Forstchen (We Look Like Men of War
), a high-altitude nuclear bomb of uncertain origin explodes, unleashing a deadly electromagnetic pulse that instantly disables almost every electrical device in the U.
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Newt Gingrich, Author, William R. Forstchen, Author, William R. Forstchen, Joint Author . St. Martin's/Dunne $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-30935-0
This well-executed alternative history imagines a Confederate victory at Gettysburg. Former House speaker Gingrich (Contract with America) and historical fiction author Forstchen (Down to the Sea) create a plausible scenario: Robert E. Lee resolves...
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Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, St. Martin's/Dunne, $27.99 (438p) ISBN 9780312591076
This second title in the George Washington series (after To Try Men's Souls) offers an energetic dramatization of the Continental Army's grim winter bivouac at Valley Forge, Pa., in 1777. The bulk of the narrative is filtered through the sensitive...
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Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen. St. Martin’s, $27.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-60707-4
Politico Gingrich and historian Forstchen combine their talents to produce their entertaining third historical about George Washington during the American Revolution (following To Try Men’s Souls and Valley Forge). This time the authors cover the...
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Newt Gingrich, Author, William R. Forstchen, Author, Albert S. Hanser, Editor . St. Martin's/Dunne $26.99 (345p) ISBN 978-0-312-59106-9
After hacking their way through the Civil War and WWII, former House Speaker Gingrich and historian Forstchen take on the Revolutionary War with decidedly mixed results. Sharing narration duties are Thomas Paine, George Washington and Jonathan van...
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Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen. St. Martin's/Dunne, $27.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-60710-4
Former Speaker of the House Gingrich and historical fiction author Forstchen craft an expertly plotted page-turner that examines the events leading up to the Battle of the Crater, a minor Confederate victory that took place in July of 1864 near...
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Newt Gingrich, Author, William R. Forstchen, Author, Albert S. Hanser, Consultant . St. Martin's/Dunne $24.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-312-30937-4
Former congressman Gingrich and historical fiction writer Forstchen once again collaborate to produce an exciting alternative history of the Civil War (after 2003's bestselling Gettysburg
). This second volume finds Lee and his victorious army...
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Newt Gingrich, Author, William R. Forstchen, Author, Albert S. Hanser, Consultant . St. Martin's/Dunne $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-36350-5
Having completed their Civil War trilogy, ex–House Speaker Gingrich and historian Forstchen return their attention to World War II (they previously collaborated on 1945
). The attack on Pearl Harbor occupies the final quarter of the book, and...
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