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Resurrection Day

In the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis, the U.S. has been crippled into a second-rate power dependent upon European allies for survival. In the shadow of this devastating chaos, a reporter stumbles across a man with secrets of the great war's origins—and lies about Kennedy's death.

Genre
alternate historyscience fictionthrillerpost-apocalyptichistorical fiction
Themes
alternate history
Setting
1970scold warUSA
Subject
historyscience
Audience
adult
Length
long · 480 pages

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