Beyond the Gap
Beyond the Gap by Harry Turtledove, published by Macmillan on February 20, 2007, is a first edition novel comprising 332 pages. Set in the Raumsdalian Empire, the story follows Count Hamnet Thyssen, a minor noble in the capital city of Nidaros, which has historical roots as a mammoth hunters’ camp. As the great Glacier retreats, a clan chief named Trasamund brings news of a newly opened gap in the ice, revealing the possibility of new lands and creatures beyond what was once thought to be an endless barrier.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a narrative that explores themes of adventure and discovery as Count Hamnet and his companions venture beyond the glacier into uncharted territories. The tale intertwines elements of fantasy, historical fiction, and science fiction, inviting exploration of ancient legends, including the fabled Golden Shrine said to be guarded by the gods. This journey promises encounters with new peoples and experiences that challenge the characters’ understanding of their world and its boundaries.
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Count Hamnet Thyssen is a minor noble of the drowsy old Raumsdalian Empire. Its capital city, Nidaros, began as a mammoth hunters’ camp at the edge of the great Glacier. But that was centuries ago, and as everyone knows, it’s the nature of the great Glacier to withdraw a few feet every year. Now Nidaros is an old and many-spired city; and though they still feel the breath of the great Glacier in every winter’s winds, the ice cap itself has retreated beyond the horizon.
Trasamund, a clan chief of the mammoth-herding Bizogots, the next tribe north, has come to town with strange news. A narrow gap has opened in what they’d always thought was an endless and impregnable wall of ice. The great Glacier does not go on forever–and on its other side are new lands, new animals, and possibly new people.
Ancient legend says that on the other side is the Golden Shrine, put there by the gods to guard the people of their world. Now, perhaps, the road to the legendary Golden Shrine is open. Who could resist the urge to go see?
For Count Hamnet and his several companions, the glacier has always been the boundary of the world. Now they’ll be travelling beyond it into a world that’s bigger than anyone knew. Adventures will surely be had…
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