Beyond the Gap

Beyond the Gap
AuthorHarry Turtledove
Cover artistJustin Sweet
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Opening of the World
GenreFantasy, Alternate History
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
February 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardcover, Paperback, Audible
Pages336 Hardcover
ISBN0765317109
Followed byThe Breath of God 

Beyond the Gap is a fantasy novel by Harry Turtledove, published in February 2007. It is the first book of the Opening of the World series. The book centers on several citizens of the fictional Iron Age Empire of Raumsdalia, a land whose inhabitants have North Germanic names. Raumsdalia is situated south of a great steppeland which is bordered on the north by a vast, seemingly unending glacier.