Brian C ThompsonBrian C. Thompson writes alternate history of the Second World War. The Unnecessary War is a finalist for the 2026 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel.His two parallel series, The American War in the Pacific and The European War, follow thesame conflict from opposite ends of the world and converge at El Alamein in July 1942.The books began at a kitchen table in Scammon, Kansas, where his great-uncle Fredrick "Gibby" Gibson told his stories to anyone who would sit still. Gibson was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Air Forces who flew the P-38 and the P-51 and earned the Bronze Star and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. Thompson's grandfather fought in the First World War. His father served as a first lieutenant. Not every man in the family wore an American uniform: one branch of the line stayed in Styria and was conscripted into the Wehrmacht. That heritage runs through both series. He holds a history degree from Southern Methodist University and lives in Allen, Texas. Every great story begins with family. Read More Read Less