Beyond the Gap
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| Author | Harry Turtledove |
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| Cover artist | Justin Sweet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Opening of the World |
| Genre | Fantasy, Alternate History |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | February 2007 |
| Media type | Hardcover, Paperback, Audible |
| Pages | 336 Hardcover |
| ISBN | 0765317109 |
| Followed by | The Breath of God |
Beyond the Gap is a fantasy novel by Harry Turtledove,[1] published in February 2007. It is the first book of the Opening of the World series. The book centers on several citizens of the fictional Iron Age Empire of Raumsdalia, a land whose inhabitants have North Germanic names. Raumsdalia is situated south of a great steppeland which is bordered on the north by a vast, seemingly unending glacier.
Plot summary[]
When a gap opens in the glacier, Count Hamnet Thyssen and Ulric Skakki are dispatched by Emperor Sighvat II of Raumsdalia to explore the other side. Together with Earl Eyvind Torfin and a wizard, Audun Gilli, they team up with Trasamund, a chieftain of the nomadic, mammoth-herding Bizogot nation. Crossing through the gap, the explorers discover that a powerful tribal confederation, who call themselves "the Rulers," are preparing to burst through the gap and seize the lands to the south for their own.
References[]
- ^ "Fantastic Fiction.com: Beyond the Gap by Harry Turtledove". www.fantasticfiction.com.
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