from a very young age. Today, Weiss is utterly fascinated with the convergence of Judaism and popular culture in film, television, comics, literature, and other media. After college, he became a freelance entertainment journalist, writing stories for SYFY WIRE, The Hollywood Reporter, Forbes, and Marvel Entertainment.
Weiss's new novel is Sunset Empire, the thrilling alternate history sequel to Beat the Devils.
[My Book, The Movie: Beat the Devils; The Page 69 Test: Beat the Devils; My Book, The Movie: Sunset Empire]
At CrimeReads Weiss recommended ten must-read alternate history thrillers, including:
In the Presence of Mine Enemies, Harry Turtledove (2003)Read about the other entries on the list.
It’s hard to discuss alternate history without mentioning Harry Turtledove, one of the most (if not the most) prolific writer of the genre. Not only is the author’s output impressive, but the work itself is astonishingly great every time. One might even go so far as to call Mr. Turtledove the Stephen King of multiversal storytelling.
I haven’t even made a tiny dent in his bibliography, but In the Presence of Mine Enemies is one of those reads I simply could not put down. As a practicing Jew— and, more importantly, a practicing Jew whose family was directly affected by the Holocaust — making my way through the novel felt like a constant panic attack.
In this universe, the United States remained neutral and the Axis powers conquered the world. Nearly half a century later, the self-proclaimed “Germanic Empire” flexes its supremacy on the global stage with manned missions to Mars, the radioactive remains of the Liberty Bell, and a society completely devoid of Jews…or so they think.
A number of Hebraic individuals actually survived the Final Solution and have been living (and procreating) in secret all these years — just like the Marranos of the Spanish Inquisition. If anyone in this civilization raised on a steady diet of hate were to find out the truth…
--Marshal Zeringue
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