Every Inch a King

Discovering that he has an exact double in Prince Halim Eddin, Otto of Schlepsig, tired of his career with a third-rate circus, sets out for Shqiperi to assume the throne of soon-to-be King Halim Eddin for himself, braving the perils of the ocean, monsters, pirates, and the suspicions of his new subjects along the way.

Harry Turtledove is the author of more than seven dozen novels, exploring the worlds of alternate history, science fiction and fantasy. He won the Hugo Award for the novella ôDown in the Bottomlandsö and is twice the winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, for How Few Remain and Ruled Britannia. He won the Golden Duck Award for his alternate history novel Gunpowder Empire.In the Worldwar and Colonization series, he examined the results of an alien invasion at the height of World War II. How Few Remain started him on a massive series which traced the history of a North America divided between Canada, the US and the Confederacy over the next eighty years.He is married to novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters, Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca.The Harry Turtledove website is at http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/turtledove.html.