Mary Gentle, who previously created worlds in distant space, is now creating a different world - in the genre of “alternative history” A world in the distant past, STARKLY DIFFERENT from the past known to us and included in textbooks and encyclopedias. Perhaps everything was NOT LIKE THAT at all ?Perhaps Carthage “was not destroyed” at all - and existed back in the 15th century, and invaded Europe? Perhaps there was a now forgotten woman who had the intelligence and courage to ward off this invasion? But how did it happen then that the greatest the war of the Middle Ages remained buried in the darkness of centuries? WHY was it erased from official history? A scientist is trying to find out this, again and again looking for the truth in the legend.