V-S Day: A Novel of Alternate History

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Copyright © 2014 by Allen M. Steele.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Steele, Allen M.

V-S day : a novel of alternate history / Allen Steele. — First Edition.

pages cm.

ISBN 978-0-425-25974-0 (hardback)

1. Space race—History—20th century—Fiction. 2. Scientists—History—20th century—Fiction. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Science—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3569.T338425V8 2014

813’.54—dc23

2013041531

FIRST EDITION: February 2014

Cover images: New York City © Fred Stein Archive / Getty Images; rocket © iStockphoto; paper texture © Ilolab/Shutterstock; American flag © Paul Stringer / Shutterstock.

Cover design by Diana Kolsky.

Interior text design by Kristin del Rosario.

Interior illustration of the Silbervogel spacecraft copyright © 2014 by Scott Lowther.

Interior illustration of the Lucky Linda spacecraft copyright © 2014 by Ron Miller.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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