Pivot to the East

The Third Reich is overthrown; the Soviet Union takes over all of Europe—and now the power forged in battles against the Nazi–Satanic hordes turns eastward. The Great Pacific Revanche is coming. In two years of war, Admiral Yamamoto managed to build an almost ideal sphere of security across the Pacific. But from the Soviet Primorye side, the Japanese Empire is completely defenseless, and Soviet air corps will be able to strike the Metropolis from pistol-shot range. Smart people in Tokyo understand that now that Hitler’s state has shattered to pieces, an unstoppable force will rise against Japan. But nothing is decided yet, and everything depends on what decisions Emperor Hirohito and his right-hand man—the greatest strategist in all Japanese history—will make. The cover design uses a fragment of a painting reproduction from the South Sakhalin museum “Justice has prevailed,” from 1959; the author is not indicated.