Combat Monsters
Untold Tales of World War II
by Henry Herz and other Various Authors
Narrated by Various Narrarators
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Pub Date Feb 11 2025 | Archive Date Mar 21 2025
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Description
Combat Monsters brings together twenty award-winning and bestselling speculative fiction authors who each bring their own spin on an alternate history of World War II.
New research has uncovered deeply buried military secrets—both the Allied and Axis special operations during World War II included monsters. Did the Soviets use a dragon to win the Battle of Kursk? Did a vampire fight for the Canadians in Holland? Did the US drop the second atomic bomb on a kaiju?
This collection takes real events from World War II and injects them with fantastical creatures that mirror the “unreality” of war itself. Each story—and two poems—feature mythical, mystical, and otherwise unexplainable beings that change the course of history. Dragons rise and fall, witches cast deadly spells, mermaids reroute torpedoes, and all manner of “monsters” intervene for better or worse in the global turmoil of World War II.
Together, Combat Monsters challenge the very definition of monstrous, with the brutality of war as a sobering backdrop.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“Henry Herz’s Combat Monsters is a beautifully curated assemblage of stories set in the many battles of World War II. Myths and monsters arise from all over the globe—North Africa, the Caribbean, Tanganyika, China, the Atlantic, Burma, Japan, and Europe—to battle, defeat, and save. Anchoring their stories with fascinating historical facts—the “Night Witches” all-female flight crew; an uprising led by a witch doctor; the horrors of Unit 731—seasoned slipstream authors and exciting new voices suit up, show up … and astonish.”Nancy Holder, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award
“A beautifully wide-ranging look into a world of glorious monsters…A brilliant approach to the subject matter, filled with compelling, well-crafted stories.” Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of the October Daye series
Marketing Plan
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9798212218740 |
| PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
| DURATION | 12 Hours |
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