{"product_id":"twilight-of-empire-paperback-1","title":"Twilight of Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStoney Compton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe empire is falling. The fight for Alaska has begun.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reign of Nippon is finished. After more than two decades of Japanese occupation, Alaska rises in revolt - and a single hidden PT boat becomes the spark that ignites a continent-wide reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate August 1967. In a rain-slicked cove at Tee Harbor, the crew of PT-245 fires the first shots of a new war, sinking a Japanese patrol vessel that has drifted too close to their camouflaged berth. Word has come down through the Underground Liberation: Tokyo and Berlin have been vaporized by atomic bombs. The Emperor is dead. The Third Reich is reeling. And across occupied Alaska Prefecture, resistance cells that have waited a generation are finally free to fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Empire will not die quietly. In Juneau, the Tokkeitai are rounding up suspected traitors. A Vice Admiral takes his own life rather than face dishonor. A Kempeitai major flees south through storm-tossed seas, offered an impossible choice between loyalty and survival. In Angoon, the Tlingit Provisional Navy prepares for open warfare. And in San Francisco, a crown prince ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne of a shattered empire, determined to hold what remains of Japan's Pacific dominion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom hidden torpedo boats in fog-shrouded fjords to secret printing presses passing banned books, from smuggler-captains with hidden loyalties to librarians who dig up buried rifles, Stoney Compton weaves an unforgettable tapestry of occupation, resistance, and revolution in an America that lost the Pacific War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in period detail, packed with authentic military hardware, and populated by characters whose choices carry the weight of empire, \u003cem\u003eTwilight of Empire\u003c\/em\u003e is alternate history at its most ambitious. Fans of Harry Turtledove, Robert Conroy, and Philip K. Dick's \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the High Castle\u003c\/em\u003e will find themselves swept into a world that feels terrifyingly real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46389541896327,"sku":"9781969139574","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/AfMf9F0Wei9781969139574.webp?v=1793490627","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/twilight-of-empire-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}