Brion Bayard, a diplomat, is snatched from his own world into a parallel one where history took another road and a great Imperium crosses between Earths. There he learns that another Brion Bayard rules a ruined world as a hated dictator, and he is asked to put on his double’s uniform and walk into the enemy stronghold.
The first Imperium novel, brisk alternate-history adventure from 1962. Download the free EPUB.