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 &quot;what ifs&quot; in twenty alternate-history stories ranging from ancient times to the far, far-different future.<br>Persia has conquered Greece; Athens is in ruins. Yet even under Persia's rule, the power of the people can never be completely broken. . .<br>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?<br>A student from the far-off future sets off on a field trip to study Genghis Khan -- and finds him in the twentieth century?<br>And many more!<br>&quot;He's one of the finest explorers of alternate histories ever.&quot; -- Locus