Departures: Stories of Alternate History

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What if history had taken a different path, made a detour, and deviated just a little bit from the road it chose? Here, Harry Turtledove explores such "what ifs" in twenty alternate-history stories ranging from ancient times to the far, far-different future.
Persia has conquered Greece; Athens is in ruins. Yet even under Persia's rule, the power of the people can never be completely broken. . .
A werewolf boy tears through Cologne's medieval stretts in search of sanctuary from the angry mob. But who will shelter a creature so hated and feared?
A student from the far-off future sets off on a field trip to study Genghis Khan -- and finds him in the twentieth century?
And many more!
"He's one of the finest explorers of alternate histories ever." -- Locus


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From the undisputed master of Alternate History comes a stunningly 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.



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