Decisive Darkness Part One – Majestic eBook Paul Hynes
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In August 1945, Japan was hit with two nuclear weapons. This, along with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, caused the government to surrender.
What if it had not?
Paul Hynes imagines a world in which a fanatical junta takes over Japan and pledges a fight to the bitter end. Using real-world plans relating to the invasion of the Home Islands, along with an extensive knowledge of American, British, Soviet and Japanese attitudes and capabilities at the time, Hynes crafts a story of harrowing losses, desperate measures, and unspeakable horror for the civilian population.
Decisive Darkness Part One – Majestic eBook Paul Hynes
Definitely one of the better alternate history books.It is written like an (excellent) history book, analyzing what went wrong - from the style, it remembered me to Eric Swedi's "When Angles Wept".
So, if you expect a Turtledove or Conroy-like personalized story, narrated through the eyes of multiple characters, you will be disappointed.
Speaking of Robert Conroy, I can't help but compare it with Conroy's 1945 (same assumption: The Emperor is kidnapped after a coup just hours before the war would end).
1945 has an optimistic tone - at the end, the emperor is rescued by an OSS operative and they make peace (and live happily thereafter).
Decisive Darkness doesn't have this optimistic spirit - everything goes down horrible. And there is no clear "good guy vs. bad guy".
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Yes, the Japanese Junta are the main villains. But the Allies do not hesitate to do what is necessary to do. No Hollywood-like white knights fighting the bad guys with geometrical precision.
The book repeatedly states that President Truman is viewed by history as a *very* controversial person - and his presidency to be a very polarizing topic after the war.
It also describes that after the coup - with America celebrating V-J day, only to have an "April fools!"-moment just hours later - there are massive retaliations by angry mobs against Asian Americans.
The reader sees how everything turns worse - often in unexpected ways.
For example, a Japanese General in Indonesia/Dutch East India starting to murder Dutch prisoners systematically.
With the idea that his troops are condemned to watch helpless while the Japanese mainland is invaded. And that his crimes would force the allies to invade Indonesia, so that resources are distracted from the Invasion of Japan, thus giving his troops the opportunity to fight the allies.
And the unexpected reaction of a Dutch officer commanding a bomber unit....who executes an unauthorized rogue air raid on the General's HQ using chemical weapons.
Which opens a completely new barrel of worms.
It also hints that the next part - dealing with operation Coronet - will be even darker (also it is hard to imagine after detailed descriptions how chemical warfare on Kyushu turns out, that Japanese schoolgirls execute suicide attacks against Soviet troops e.t.c.)
I look forward to the next book - I will buy and read it as soon as it is published!
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Decisive Darkness Part One – Majestic eBook Paul Hynes Reviews
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While the storyline is plausible, the writing is terrible. It is also just the beginning of a book. I am not a fan of this method to get readers to pay more for an entire book by writing it in installments. Fortunately, in this case, it will save me money because I will not be buying the next one.
good to read
Great Alternate History.
Thought provoking and well written.
I was disappointed when I reached the end of this book and was advised that I would have to wait for the sequel. A good story, well told.
Fairly well written. OK.
Definitely one of the better alternate history books.
It is written like an (excellent) history book, analyzing what went wrong - from the style, it remembered me to Eric Swedi's "When Angles Wept".
So, if you expect a Turtledove or Conroy-like personalized story, narrated through the eyes of multiple characters, you will be disappointed.
Speaking of Robert Conroy, I can't help but compare it with Conroy's 1945 (same assumption The Emperor is kidnapped after a coup just hours before the war would end).
1945 has an optimistic tone - at the end, the emperor is rescued by an OSS operative and they make peace (and live happily thereafter).
Decisive Darkness doesn't have this optimistic spirit - everything goes down horrible. And there is no clear "good guy vs. bad guy".
===== SPOILER ALERT ======
===== SPOILER ALERT ======
===== SPOILER ALERT ======
Yes, the Japanese Junta are the main villains. But the Allies do not hesitate to do what is necessary to do. No Hollywood-like white knights fighting the bad guys with geometrical precision.
The book repeatedly states that President Truman is viewed by history as a *very* controversial person - and his presidency to be a very polarizing topic after the war.
It also describes that after the coup - with America celebrating V-J day, only to have an "April fools!"-moment just hours later - there are massive retaliations by angry mobs against Asian Americans.
The reader sees how everything turns worse - often in unexpected ways.
For example, a Japanese General in Indonesia/Dutch East India starting to murder Dutch prisoners systematically.
With the idea that his troops are condemned to watch helpless while the Japanese mainland is invaded. And that his crimes would force the allies to invade Indonesia, so that resources are distracted from the Invasion of Japan, thus giving his troops the opportunity to fight the allies.
And the unexpected reaction of a Dutch officer commanding a bomber unit....who executes an unauthorized rogue air raid on the General's HQ using chemical weapons.
Which opens a completely new barrel of worms.
It also hints that the next part - dealing with operation Coronet - will be even darker (also it is hard to imagine after detailed descriptions how chemical warfare on Kyushu turns out, that Japanese schoolgirls execute suicide attacks against Soviet troops e.t.c.)
I look forward to the next book - I will buy and read it as soon as it is published!
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