The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 8 books · 1994 to 2004

Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove, a historian of Byzantium, is the leading writer of alternate history. In Worldwar, a lizard-like alien fleet invades Earth in the middle of the Second World War, and the human powers have to unite against them.

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Harry Turtledove books in order

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Worldwar

4 books · Set around the worldAlternate historyMilitary science fiction
  1. 1In the Balance1994Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Tilting the Balance1995Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Upsetting the Balance1996Buy on Amazon
  4. 4Striking the Balance1996Buy on Amazon

Colonization

3 books · Set around the worldAlternate history
  1. 1Second Contact1999With Sam YeagerBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Down to Earth2000With Sam YeagerBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Aftershocks2001With Sam YeagerBuy on Amazon

Standalone

1 book · Set around the worldAlternate history
  1. 1Homeward Bound2004Buy on Amazon

Characters

5 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Race