What would happen to our world if one day history left the known path? Perhaps, in Islamized Europe there would have remained weak and small enclaves of Christianity? Or Adolf Hitler became interested in airship construction instead of inciting a monstrous war? Or Vladimir Lenin fled from the Socialist Revolutionary rebellion to Odessa? Or did the Catholic Church subject Darwinism to merciless judicial reprisal? And the bomb, which did not hit Hiroshima , would force Japan to capitulate? Twenty-five historical forks. Twenty-five magnificent stories written by famous masters of the genre

Alternative history is a very ancient and venerable genre, even though it is science fiction. Even in the “History of Rome” by Titus Livy, the events that could have followed in detail and seriously were considered if Alexander the Great decided to lead his armies not to the east, but to the west. If only Rome would be happy... Since then, neither pundits nor science fiction writers have denied themselves the pleasure of conducting yet another thought experiment on the topic “What would happen if...” This anthology contains stories whose authors masterfully juggle probabilities and create new realities that invariably attract the reader's attention. Here you will find works created by recognized masters of the genre, such as Stephen Baxter, James Morow, Fritz Leiber, Mark Laidlaw, Harry Turtledove, Ian Macleod and others. Some stories were written specifically for this collection.