The Gambit of the Diamond Queen
7 hrs. 7 min.
This book is included in the “golden fund” of Russian science fiction.
This is a classic of the genre “alternate history.”
This is the first large-scale attempt to rewrite the beginning of the Patriotic War by canceling the 1941 catastrophe—“turning the pointer of history,” rewriting the bloody draft of Soviet history from scratch. So, the “blitzkrieg” didn’t work. On June 22, 1941, the Red Army was expecting an attack, and the German tank wedges got stuck in well-prepared defenses. Exhausting the Wehrmacht in protracted defensive battles, Soviet troops withdrew in an organized manner to the old border, where they stopped the enemy…
This is a classic of the genre “alternate history.”
This is the first large-scale attempt to rewrite the beginning of the Patriotic War by canceling the 1941 catastrophe—“turning the pointer of history,” rewriting the bloody draft of Soviet history from scratch. So, the “blitzkrieg” didn’t work. On June 22, 1941, the Red Army was expecting an attack, and the German tank wedges got stuck in well-prepared defenses. Exhausting the Wehrmacht in protracted defensive battles, Soviet troops withdrew in an organized manner to the old border, where they stopped the enemy…
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The Gambit of the Diamond Queen
1.
Odysseus Leaves Ithaca
(narrated by
Yury Grigoryev)
2.
Bulldogs Under the Carpet
(narrated by
Andrey Kravets)
2.
Odysseus Leaves Ithaca
(narrated by
Akhn)
3.
Reconnaissance in Force
(narrated by
Akhn)
4.
The Whirlwinds of Valhalla
(narrated by
Helga Imir)
5.
The Andreyev Brotherhood
(narrated by
Konstantin Petrov)
6.
Local Skirmishes
(narrated by
Maxim Ladin)
7.
Game Time
(narrated by
Helga Imir)
8.
A Hole for a Medal
(narrated by
Ivan Bukchin)
9.
A Ticket on Charon's Boat
(narrated by
Alexander Ruzheynikov)
10.
The Burden of the Living
(narrated by
Masha Yakimova)
11.
Beyond the Front
(narrated by
Evgeny Bochkarev)
12.
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
(narrated by
Lira)
13.
Scorpion in Amber. Vol. 1. Invariant
(narrated by
Evgeny Alexandrov)
13.
Scorpion in Amber, Vol. 2: Cryptocrats
(narrated by
Evgeny Bochkarev)
14.
Catch the Hoofbeat: Vol. 1 — There Is No Exit, Only Ways Out
(narrated by
Philipp Voloshin)
14.
Catch the Horse's Hoofbeats. Vol. 2. Treasure Hunters
(narrated by
Roman Gorbunov)
15.
Almost Midnight 1: Africa of Dreams and Reality
(narrated by
Elizaveta Krupina)
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Almost Midnight. Vol. 1. Africa of Dreams and Reality
(narrated by
Alexey Grishchenko)
15.5.
Soon Midnight 2. In Defiance of All Deaths
(narrated by
Elizaveta Krupina)
16.
The Maltese Cross
(narrated by
Yury Lazarev)
18.
Great Battalions. Volume 1. A Quarrel Among Slavs
(narrated by
Andrey Tolstov)
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Fear No Friends. Vol. 2. The Third Joker
(narrated by
Roman Gorbunov)
18.5.
Large Battalions. Vol. 2. From Finland's Icy Rocks…
(narrated by
Krovopusk SLana)
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The Dawn of Our Greatness. Vol. 1. We Are Alien to False Shame!
(narrated by
Roman Gorbunov)
19.5.
The Dawn of Our Greatness. Volume 2. Let the Consuls Be Vigilant
(narrated by
Roman Gorbunov)
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Phase Transition. Vol. 1: Debut
(narrated by
Ekaterina Sizykh)
20.5.
Phase Transition. Vol. 2: Middlegame
(narrated by
Ekaterina Sizykh)
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