Imagine a world where America has been carved up by the Nazis and the Japanese because they won World War II with the help of Hitler's genetically altered super soldiers. Sixteen-year-old Zara lives in that world, where the Germans are the master race controlling everything and if you're not German then you are nothing.
Zara is not German. She dreams of a world she has only been told about, where freedom and equality belong to all. She longs to join the Alliance, a rebel group dedicated to the destruction of the Fuhrer and his empire. The key to their success may just belong to Zara.
Richmond present an alternate world that is exceptionally believeable. The historian in me wanted more analysis, more details of the "how" and the "why", but The Only Thing to Fear is a novel and an excellent one.
Thought provoking in its setting and plot, I anxiously enjoyed the pace and suspense that Richmond created. The conclusion was satisfying even as she set up a follow up story. The characters felt a bit one dimensional, but the potential for greater complexity exists, and I definately was invested in their story.
For history freaks, like me, this is a tantalizing read that left me wondering where it might lead.
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