Resurrection Day

Author: Brendan Dubois

The British Empire v2.0? Hard to believe, I know. What could precipitate such an event? Well, if's a nuclear conflict in 1982 between the US and the USSR, which leaves both of them pretty much destroyed. The source of the conflict, like in the 1960s, was Cuba, which is now a nuclear wasteland. The war has created a power vacuum, now being filled by Europe and especially Britain, since China has disintegrated into a bunch of warlord-doms and has no global significance anymore either. The process of de-colonialization of the former British Empire has been halted, reversed; and there are even some new applicants for the privilege of being a colony, because that provides them with a measure of security. The plot involved an investigation of the causes of the conflict by a journalist and the attempt by Britain to re-annex the US into its empire. Why it's on the list: It's a novel of post-WW3, which, despite skirting some of the ecological issues resulting from nuclear war, attempts to provide a realistic scenario of what might happen in the aftermath. It assumes that Kennedy was not assassinated in 1963, and thus qualifies as an 'alternate history' novel, especially since it was penned in 1999. Ratings: Grimness: 4, Bizarreness: 1, Hope: 1, Fun-factor: 2