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Best Alternate History of 2015 Alternate history, the genre that bends the "what once has been" into something new, into what might have also happened. I am a big history fan and seeing with what these authors came up with I can only try to hide my grin. The Mechanical must not be missed by anyone and especially me being a Dutchy. Ian Tregillis is best known for his alternate WWII story with the Milweed Tryptich, in The Mechanical  he take you back to The Netherlands in the 17th century. Where clakkers, automatons, are slaves to help us humans. It is a wonderful imagining of The Netherlands and Ian Tregillis really did his homework when he was re imagining several parts of The Netherlands. I am a big fan of Nick Brown's Agent of Rome series. I like the Roman times a lot, during a holiday in Rome I visited the Colosseum. Awesome I tell you. With every book the series just seems to get better. Nick Brown shows a lot of versatility in the build up of his story. Highlightin...

Best Alternate History books of 2014 When you think of Alternate History or at least when I think of Alternate History, the first thing that comes to mind are the Roman times. But there is of course much more to this than just the life and times of Julius Caesar. You can also think of the Victorian London or in a completely different direction. One that I found out last year. That of the Vikings era. Snorri Kristjansson introduced me with his Swords of Good Men last year already and completely managed to surprise me with his sequel Blood will Follow this year, a brilliant follow up. Age of Iron by Angus Watson is also a book that focus on this dark a gritty setting but with a different twist that Blood will Follow , all in all a great success. Anthony Riches, The Empire series has been going very strongly and unfortunately I haven't read the others but start this year with The Emperor's Knives which in many ways brought the gladiatorial spirit in my to the forefront. Anoth...