“The Manstein Alternative (Part 1: The Great War – Part 2: Prelude – The Spanish Civil War)” by Joe Avinger is now available for purchase
“I exited the doctor’s office and came to attention just as the visiting high and mighty was telling us how our U-boats would starve the British into submission. If I had realized the Feldwebel with his arm in a sling was part of the General’s staff, there’s no way he’d have seen me roll my eyes. It was a mistake I didn’t find out about until several minutes later after the General had droned to a conclusion.”
– an excerpt from the book
Author Reputation Press is honored to publish “The Manstein Alternative (Part 1: The Great War – Part 2: Prelude – The Spanish Civil War)” by Joe Avinger. As the forces born from the reimagining of the end of the Great War strive for control in the new world order, the first part of the book covers the conclusion of the Great War (WWI), while the second part covers the Spanish Civil War. This book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARP website.
The author of the book, Joe Avinger, was born at Bunker Hill AFB in Indiana. His family moved to Tampa, where he was valedictorian, state calculus champion, and city essay contest winner. He studied nuclear engineering at Georgia Tech (go Jackets!) and decided to stay in the Atlanta area for 35 years before moving back to Tampa with his wife.
He broke his neck in a car wreck in 1987 and wasn’t expected to ever walk again. He helped create the Pagewriter 2000, which earned a place in the Smithsonian. He’s always enjoyed reading, war games, and history, so he decided to mash the three of them together and create his own alternate history series.
“The Manstein Alternative (Part 1: The Great War – Part 2: Prelude – The Spanish Civil War)” presents Erich von Manstein, who had always felt he was destined for great things on the battlefield. A Russian’s bullets had other ideas, and now the Great War was passing him by.
While rehabilitating from his wounds, a chance encounter with Erich Ludendorff, second in command of Germany’s armies, set him on a different path. One that would change the world.
The Herman Empire survived the Great War, but will Manstein be able to guide it forward? France and Italy created a new Entente, and Charles de Gaulle and Benito Mussolini want revenge.
“The Manstein Alternative (Part 1: The Great War – Part 2: Prelude – The Spanish Civil War)” by Joe Avinger is now available for purchase via ARP Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/products/the-manstein-alternative-part-1-the-great-war-part-2-prelude-the-spanish-civil-war.