Resurrection Day
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| Author | Brendan DuBois |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Alternate history |
| Publisher | Jove |
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Publication date
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1999 |
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| Pages | 387 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 40510549 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3554.U2564 R47 1999 |
Resurrection Day is a novel written by Brendan DuBois in 1999. It is an alternate history where the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated to a full-scale war, the Soviet Union is devastated, and the United States has been reduced to a third-rate power, relying on Great Britain for aid. Resurrection Day won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History that year.
Set in the aftermath of a nuclear war between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States, the book chronicles the investigations of Carl Landry, a reporter for the Boston Globe. As the story unfolds, Carl attempts to uncover the events leading up to the war, while at the same time running from those who would have the truth buried.
The story begins in 1972, ten years after a nuclear war between the US and USSR, which was precipitated by the Cuban Missile Crisis. Washington, D.C., New York, Omaha, San Diego, Miami, and other American cities, principally those surrounding military bases, have either been destroyed, damaged, or rendered uninhabitable by Soviet nuclear attacks. Philadelphia is now the capital of the United States, and although the Mexican-born President George W. Romney is nominally in office, the US is effectively under martial law. The USSR has been utterly devastated by US nuclear strikes. Cuba is an atomic ruin, with Spain responsible for relief efforts aiding what is left of the island's population.
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