The Rift

ALTERNATE HISTORY... On the day following the 2017 inauguration of Jack Stenhouse as President of the United States, a mysterious Rift appears in the center of the Atlantic Ocean. The mystery takes a more ominous turn when it is discovered that on the other side of the Rift it is 1943. World War II is in progress. On top of the usual range of modern problems, fate now deals the new President the task of dealing with the German war machine. A cast of characters including Special Forces, spies, historians, forgers, weapons experts, German cabaret singers, Navy SEALs (who are tasked with the mission of kidnapping Hitler), and frontline GI's are soon using modern technology to fight WWII with the high tech weaponry of the 21st century alongside Allied historical figures from the past. The Rift is a literary-themed novel told through interrelated stories which connect around the globe to different points of the larger story.  At times historical, and other times humorous and satirical, the action is seen through the eyes and points of view of participants in different parts of the conflict.  It is a comparative look at the military might of Germany in 1943 versus the U.S. military of 2017, and is also an allegory, a reference to modern "rifts" which are occurring, from political to cultural to high tech and VR (virtual reality). Not an explosive, slam-bang, action-packed adventure story, but more of a psychological portrait of different participants whose fates are intertwined and paths cross - men and women caught up in different parts of the sinister web created by Hitler's reappearance on the world scene.