Down in The Bottomlands
(and Other Places)

LAWYER IN A STRANGE LAND

In the real world, the Mediterranean basin dried up several times, only to refill again. If it hadn't, what's really sea bottom would have become the most savage desert in the world. Mild-mannered Radnal vez Krobir likes it that way. When his kingdom's enemies try to shake down the Barrier Mountains and let the Atlantic in, he has to stop them-or else drown along with everything he holds dear.

Plus "The Wheels of If' and "The Pugnacious Peacemaker"

"Harry Turtledove has established himself as The grand master of the alternative history form," -Poul Anderson

"(Turtledove is) one of alternate history's authentic modern masters," -Booklist

"(Turtledove is) one of the finest explorers of alternate histories ever," -Locus

Cover art by Larry Elmore

Paperback

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, October 1999

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ISBN: 0-671-57835-9

Copyright © 1999 by Harry Turtledove & L. Sprague de Camp

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DEDICATION

From Harry Turtledove:
To L. Sprague de Camp,
with thanks for the inspiration