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Authors: Harry Turtledove

In the Balance

BOOKS BY HARRY TURTLEDOVE
The Guns of the South

THE WORLDWAR SAGA
Worldwar: In the Balance
Worldwar: Tilting the Balance
Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance
Worldwar: Striking the Balance

COLONIZATION
Colonization: Second Contact
Colonization: Down to Earth
Colonization: Aftershocks

THE VIDESSOS CYCLE
The Misplaced Legion
An Emperor for the Legion
The Legion of Videssos
Swords of the Legion

THE TALE OF KRISPOS
Krispos Rising
Krispos of Videssos
Krispos the Emperor

THE TIME OF TROUBLES SERIES
The Stolen Throne
Hammer and Anvil
The Thousand Cities Videssos Besieged
Noninterference
Kaleidoscope
A World of Difference
Earthgrip
Departures

How Few Remain

THE GREAT WAR
The Great War: American Front
The Great War: Walk in Hell
The Great War: Breakthroughs

American Empire: Blood and Iron

Table of Contents

Cover

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Title Page

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Copyright

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

(Characters with names in CAPS are historical, others fictional)

HUMANS

Aloysius          
captive in Fiat, Indiana

A
NIELEWICZ, MORDECHAI
          
guerrilla leader in the Warsaw ghetto

Arenswald, Michael          
engineer Heavy Artillery Battalion Dora

Bagnall, George          
flight engineer in RAF bomber crew

Bauer, Klaus          
hull gunner in Heinrich Jäger’s tank

Becker, Karl          
engineer Heavy Artillery Battalion Dora

Bell, Douglas          
bomb-aimer in RAF bomber crew

B
OR
-K
OMOROWSKI
, T
ADEUSZ
          
general, Polish Home Army

Brodsky, Nathan          
Jewish laborer at Warsaw airport

Burkett, Dr.          
biology professor at University of Chicago
.

Chase, Otto          
cement plant worker at Dixon, Illinois

C
HURCHILL
, W
INSTON
          
prime minister of Great Britain

Collins, Colonel          
U.S. Army officer

C
OMPTON
, A
RTHUR
          
supervisor, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory

Daniels, Pete “Mutt”          
manager, Decatur Commodores (I-I-I League)

Daphne          
barmaid at the White Horse Inn, Dover, England

David          
child of Jewish fighter, Warsaw

Doi, Colonel          
Japanese interrogator of Teerts

Donlan, Kevin          
U.S. Army private in Naperville, Illinois

Embry, Ken          
pilot of RAF bomber crew

F
ERMI
, E
NRICO
          
nuclear physicist at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory

Finkelstein, Sam          
doctor

Fiore, Bobby          
second baseman, Decatur Commodores (I-I-I League)

Fuchs, Stefan          
loader in Heinrich Jäger’s tank

Goldfarb, David          
RAF radarman in Dover England

Gorbunova, Ludmila          
Red Air Force pilot

Gordon          
captive in Fiat, Indiana

G
ROVES
, L
ESLIE
          
U.S. Army colonel

H
ITLER
, A
DOLF
          
German
Führer

Höcker, Maximilian          
lieutenant colonel, German Army, Paris

H
ULL
, C
ORDELL
          
U.S. secretary of state

Jacobi, Nathan          
BBC newsreader

Jäger, Heinrich          
major Sixteenth Panzer Division

Jones, Jerome          
RAF radarman in Dover England

Karpov, Feofan          
Red Air Force colonel

Kasherina, Yevdokia          
Red Air Force pilot

Kobayashi, Lieutenant-Colonel          
Japanese interrogator of Teerts

Kraniinov, Viktor          
Red Army lieutenant colonel in Moscow

Lane, Edward “Ted”          
radioman in RI4F bomber crew

Larssen, Barbara          
graduate student in medieval literature; Jens’ wife

Larssen, Jens          
nuclear physicist, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory

Leah          
Jewish fighter in Warsaw

Lejb          
Jew in Hrubieszów, Poland

Lidov, Boris          
NKVD lieutenant colonel, Moscow

Liu Han          
Chinese peasant woman

Marie          
captive in Fiat, Indiana

M
ARSHALL
, G
EORGE
          
U.S. Army Chief of Staff

Max          
Jew who survived Babi Yar; Soviet partisan

M
OLOTOV
, V
YACHESLAV
          
foreign commissar of the USSR

Okamoto, Major          
Japanese interpreter and interrogator of Teerts

Old sun          
tailor in China

P
ATTON
, G
EORGE
          
U.S. Army major general

Pavlyuchenko, Kliment kolkhoz          
(collective farm) headman in the Ukraine

Popova, Yelena          
Red Air Force major

R
IBBENTROP
, J
OACHIM VON
          
German foreign minister

Riecke, Ernst          
captain, Sixteenth Panzer Division

Risberg, Buck          
soldier in Aurora, illinois

Rodney          
captive in Fiat, Indiana

Russie, Moishe          
ex-medical student in the Warsaw ghetto

Russie, Reuven          
Moishe Russie’s son

Russie, Rivka          
Moishe Russie’s wife

Sal          
captive in Fiat, Indiana

Sanders, Charlie          
black man feeding soldiers in Naperville, Illinois

Schmidt, Dieter          
driver of Heinrich Jäger’s tank

Schneider, Sergeant          
U.S. Army recruiting sergeant

Schultz, Georg          
gunner of Heinrich Jäger’s tank

Sebring, Gerald          
nuclear physicist, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory

Simpkin, Joe          
rear gunner in RAF bomber crew

S
KORZENY
, O
TTO
          
SS
Hauptstürmfuhrer

Spiegel, Michael          
German Army lieutenant colonel in Satu Mare, Romania

Stansfield, Roger          
Royal Navy commander; CO of HMS
Seanymph

Sullivan, Joe          
pitcher Decatur Commodores (I-I-I League)

Sylvia          
barmaid at the White Horse Inn, Dover England

S
ZILARD
, L
EO
          
nuclear physicist, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory

T
HOMSEN
, H
ANS
          
German ambassador to the United States

Thomsen, Pete          
reporter on the
Rockford Courier-Journal

T
OGO
, S
HIGENORI
          
Japanese foreign minister

Tompkins, Charlie          
mechanic in Strasburg, Ohio

Virgil          
sailor on the merchant ship
Caledonia

Wagner, Eddie          
U.S. Army private near Delphi, Indiana

Whyte, Alf          
navigator in RAF bomber crew

Yeager, Sam          
outfielder Decatur Commodores (I-I-I League)

Yi Min          
Chinese apothecary

Yossel          
Jewish fighter in Poland

Z
INN
, W
ALT
          
nuclear physicist, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory

THE RACE

Atvar          fleetlord, invasion fleet

Breltan          radar technician
, 67th Emperor Sohrheb

Drefsab          intelligence operator on Atvar’s staff

Erewlo          subleader, communications section

Feneress          shiplord—member of Straha’s faction

Gefron          killercraft pilot, flight leader

Gnik          outpost commander at Fiat, Indiana

Hassov          shiplord—member of Kirel’s faction

Horrep          shiplord—member of Straha’s faction

Kirel          shiplord
, 127th Emperor Hetto

Krefak          missile battery officer

Krentel          landcruiser commander

Mozzten          shiplord based in U.S.A
.

Relek          shiplord
16th Emperor Osjess

Relhost          assault force commander in attack on Chicago

Ristin          soldier captured by U.S. Army

Rolvar          killercraft pilot

Shonar          shiplord—member of Straha’s faction

Ssofeg          prison-camp official in China

Straha          shiplord
206th Emperor Yower

Svallah          artillery supervisor in the attack on Chicago

Teerts          killercraft pilot, flight leader

Telerep          landcruiser gunner

Tessrek          senior psychologist

Ullhass          soldier captured by U.S. Army

Ussmak          landcruiser driver

Votal          landcruiser commander

Xarol          killercraft pilot

Zingiber          Northern Flank Commander in the attack on Chicago

Zolraag          governor of Warsaw

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