Worldwar: Striking the Balance

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**Title** **Worldwar: Striking the Balance**

Author	Harry Turtledove
Country	USA
Language	English
Series	Worldwar
Genre(s)	Alternate history/Science fiction
Publisher	Del Rey Books
Released	5 November 1996
Pages	465 (hardcover edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0-345-40550-1
Preceded by	Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance
Followed by	Colonization: Second Contact

Worldwar: Striking the Balance is an alternate history and science fiction novel by Harry Turtledove. It is the fourth and final novel of the Worldwar series, as well as the fourth installment in the Tosev timeline.

1 Plot introduction
2 Plot summary
3 Characters in "Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance"
4 Major themes
5 Allusions/references to other works
6 Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science
7 Release details
8 Sources, references, external links, quotations

[edit] Plot introduction

While the Race considers total annihilation or continuing hostilities, the humans make a stand for the sovereignty of the planet.

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The Race agrees to meet with human diplomats for the purpose of negotiating an armistice. However, the chances for peace are severely endagered when Hitler secretly plans to resume hostilities by launching a surprise attack against the Race in Poland.

When the armistice came the Lizards were probably near collapse and badly needed time to rebuild supplies, because they surrendered back to the humans all Lizard-held areas in the USA and Europe, except Spain and Portugal, and an area around their base area in and near Poland and Belarus which the humans let the Lizards keep as a buffer zone between Germany and the Soviet Union.

[edit] Characters in "Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance"

See list of Worldwar characters for fictional and historical characters.

[edit] Major themes

While the premise of the series can be seen as absurd, the real themes explored are that of human struggle facing a great enemy, as well as technological advances in times of need.