Description: The Axis of Time trilogy is an alternative history series of novels written by Australian journalist and author John Birmingham, from Macmillan Publishing. World War 2.4: Stalin's Hammer: Rome The year is 1955, ten years after a battle fleet from 2021 exploded through a wormhole in spacestraight into the Battle of Midway. A staggered, war-torn world catches its balance. Uptimers, with their extraordinary technology and strange styles, mingle with the real timers. Universities study the effects on the future. And men like Prince Harry of England find themselves playing pivotal roles in a history that has already happened. æ Or has it?