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Acts of War

Acts of War Audiobook 2.0 Sample!

November 8, 2023 by James Young Leave a Comment

Hey all! Sorry for the hiatus. Much, much more to post about. It’s going to be a busy final quarter of the year, followed by a gangbusters dive into 2024. (More on that in another post.) But first, wanted to share that I’m getting the three Usurper’s War novels rerecorded! The audiobook narrator will be the […]

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Pearl Harbor at 80 Years

December 7, 2021 by James Young Leave a Comment

For those of us of a certain age, it seems like “just yesterday” that we were passing Pearl Harbor’s 50th Anniversary. We had a World War II veteran as President, had seemingly just shook off our “Vietnam Syndrome” with a decisive victory that included the ship on which World War II ended, and several million […]

Filed Under: Air Warfare, Alternate History Tagged With: Acts of War, James Uses His Essay Voice, Usurper's War

Warship Wednesday–Carrier Doctrine #1

February 5, 2020 by James Young 4 Comments

Interesting thing I discovered about carrier doctrine in writing the Usurper’s War series in general, but definitely with regards to Against the Tide Imperial: The three main carrier navies in our timeline did things very, very differently. The USN basically went all in on “every carrier throws a haymaker.”  This was shown both in early task […]

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WWII Quick References (NOV 2019)

November 26, 2019 by James Young Leave a Comment

Figured I’d perchance save loyal readers some gumshoe work down the road if they ever want to do a World War II story: You can find ONI drawings for World War II references (like for your cartographer to draw ship outlines) here. This is a good time zone converter for those cases when you go […]

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Nano Nano

November 7, 2018 by James Young 2 Comments

So, I’ve started my Nano project for this year (while still editing For Those In Peril…).  For 2018 I decided to do the next novel in the Usurper’s War series.  It is entitled Against the Tide Imperial, and I’ll hopefully be able to build off of Nano momentum to get it out in the first half of […]

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Welcome Everyone!

January 10, 2015 by James Young Leave a Comment

So for those of you who do not know, I was featured in the Topeka Capital-Journal yesterday!  This was great news to get surprised by (knew it was coming, didn’t know the day) even if I had to rush home to get extra papers.  For those coming from the paper, welcome.  😀 In addition, since […]

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Acts of War Is Live!

November 11, 2014 by James Young 2 Comments

Acts of War is officially live in the Kindle store.  Get your alternate history fix on your phone, Kindle, or tablet with the app, or wait a few days for the hard copies.  😀

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Celebration and Acts of War Snippet

November 5, 2014 by James Young Leave a Comment

Acts of War just passed 60 pre-orders.  In celebration, Pandora’s Memories will be free from 7-12 November. Here’s a quick snippet from Acts of War.  Just a reminder, it goes live on 11 November.  Tell your friends, your friends’ friends, and anyone you just happen to be acquainted with! Thames River 0900 Local (0400 Eastern) […]

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New Art For Acts of War

September 21, 2014 by James Young Leave a Comment

I have gotten additional art for Acts of War‘s paperback version:  Just a reminder, Acts of War comes out 11 November.

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