A Date With Infamy
About
December 7, 1941. This time, America knew they were coming.
Six Japanese carriers cross four thousand miles of open Pacific in total secrecy—carrying enough aircraft to cripple the United States Navy in a single morning. Admiral Yamamoto has staked Japan's future on one devastating blow: destroy the American fleet at Pearl Harbor before war is ever declared.
But a young codebreaker at Station HYPO notices something no one else sees—a silence in the Japanese carrier frequencies that shouldn't exist. When submarine commander Mike Fenno stumbles across debris from a secret refueling operation in the empty North Pacific, the pieces fall into place. Admiral Kimmel, armed with decoded intercepts and Roosevelt's direct order, sets a trap that will turn the most infamous surprise attack in history into the most devastating ambush.
Fighter pilot Jack Gibson, freshly trained on the classified P-38 Lightning, leads a squadron scrambled not to defend Pearl Harbor—but to hunt the Japanese fleet two hundred miles north of Oahu. As American carriers, battleships, and bombers converge on Kido Butai from every direction, the men on both sides face a single morning that will reshape the entire Pacific War before it begins.
A Date with Infamy asks one explosive question: What if the United States had broken the Japanese codes in time—and struck first?
What to expect: Meticulously researched alternate history built on real ships, real aircraft, and real commanders. Historically accurate military hardware and tactics. Multiple POVs spanning both sides of the Pacific. A reimagined FDR "Day of Infamy" speech. A story that honors the 2,403 Americans who were lost on the real December 7th by imagining what could have been.
Category: Alternate History / Military Fiction / Historical War Fiction. Tone: Gripping, cinematic, technically authentic. Series: Book One—Pacific War Alternate History. Standalone with series arc. Content includes: large-scale naval and aerial combat, wartime violence, military strategy, and period-accurate language.
Readers who enjoy Jeff Shaara's military epics, Harry Turtledove's alternate timelines, or Tom Clancy's technical authenticity will find their next obsession here.