Description:
Harry Harrison's novel Tunnel Through the Deeps first appeared in print when it was serialized in the April, May, and June 1972 issues of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact under the title The Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah with cover art and eight interior illustrations by Kelly Freas. In this alternative history, the United States lost the American Revolutionary War and America is still, in 1973, under the control of the British Empire. The divergence point between this world and our own occurred when the Moors won the battle of Navas de Tolosa on the Iberian peninsula in 1212. Thus Spain was unable to become unified, owing to the survival of an Islamic presence in its territory, and therefore could not finance the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Instead, it was John Cabot who discovered America, a few years later. The protagonist, Captain Augustine Washington, is a direct descendant of George Washington, and labors in his 'traitorous' shadow. Captain Washington and Sir Isambard… Read More
