About the Book
A collection of stories.
From the undisputed master of Alternate History comes an original
collection of twenty provocative stories springing from the imaginative
reinvention of history. Traveling down ancient roads and into far-off
futures, Harry Turtledove poses the what ifs of history and arrives at
some remarkably thrilling conclusions...
A retired Confederate captain returns to a scarred battlefield after
the Civil War – will his visit reopen old wounds or heal them?
A werewolf boy tears through Cologne's medieval streets in search of
sanctuary from the angry mob, but where will a creature so despised find refuge?
A student from the future sets off on a field trip to study Genghis
Khan. What will he do when he finds Khan in the twentieth century?
Journey across the centuries through this spellbinding collection of
historical byways and detours with the Hugo Award-winning author as your guide.
