Have you ever thought what life would be like if the Nazis won World War II? Known for his numerous award-winning science fiction novels, this is what Philip K. Dick was thinking when he wrote and published the dystopian sci-fi book, “The Man in the High Castle” in 1962. Straying away from his usual ideas of advanced technology, robots, outer space, and aliens, the idea of the Axis powers winning World War II is a simple, probable idea.

Fifty-three years after the book was published, Amazon Studios picked up the novel and produced it as a TV show to be broadcasted on Amazon Prime. “The Man in the High Castle” depicts an alternate world, where the United States has been split into three areas: the Japanese puppet state of the Pacific States of America, which comprises of the states west of the Rocky Mountains; a Nazi puppet state that comprises of the eastern half of the former United States; and a neutral zone that acts as a buffer between the two areas, called the Rocky Mountain States.

Like the novel, the series takes place in 1962 and focuses on five central characters: Juliana Crain, a woman who lives peacefully in San Francisco who comes across a film reel depicting an alternate world in which the Allies won World War II; Juliana’s boyfriend Frank Frink, who struggles to hide his Jewish roots; Joe Blake, a 27-year-old New Yorker who seeks out the resistance against the Nazis to volunteer to help them; and Nobusuke Tagomi, a high-ranking Japanese official in San Francisco.

What makes this show so attention grabbing and interesting is the fact that it doesn’t need constant action and crazy effects to be stimulating. The whole idea of an alternate America in which the Nazis win World War II is both bone chilling and creepy – it’s a believable plot, because it’s something that could have happened if history went another way.

Although there is only one season so far, “The Man in the High Castle” is a fascinating show that will leave you wanting to watch the next episode, and yearning for the next season. The show is dark and unnerving, but its’ thrill and poignancy will keep you wanting more.