FROM THE PUBLISHER

Mild-mannered Radnal vez Krobir wants to keep the Mediterranean basin dry so it will be the most savage desert in the world. So when his kingdom's enemies try to shake down the Barrier Mountains and let the Atlantic in, he has to stop them or drown along with everything he holds dear.

FROM THE CRITICS

Locus

[Turtledove is] one of the finest explorers of alternate histories ever.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING