Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms

A new collection of stories by various authors explores strange regions, alternative histories, and the unsettling otherworlds bordering our own reality, featuring tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, Sarban, and Robert Holdstock.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 23 November 2023
Publisher: British Library Publishing

A fresh and intriguing concept emerged from his discourse, one that delved into the realm of terre-mauvaise, a concept that encompassed enigmatic regions, firmly rooted in geographical boundaries on Earth, yet somehow transcending and surpassing them. As a poet, he found himself at a pivotal juncture, where three parallel destinies orbited a shared, turbulent fate. A child's daring escapade into the city transformed into a nightmarish ordeal when the means to return home vanished into thin air. Instead of succumbing to despair, Kaiser Wilhelm II, in a bold move, commanded the High Seas Fleet on a perilous and doom-laden final voyage.

Diving into the captivating realms of Arthur Conan Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, Sarban, Robert Holdstock, and numerous other visionary writers, this remarkable collection assembles fourteen captivating tales that explore uncanny collateral fates, enigmatic eddies of alternative history, unsettling realms of Dark Fantasy, and the unsettling otherworlds that border our very own reality.

Weight: 302g
Dimension: 130 x 191 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780712354394