Lost Continent
by Greg Egan
In the north of Khurosan—not part of our world—lies the site of a bloody battle
between the Warriors and the Scholars, both of whom have come through time to take
Islamic boys and turn them into soldiers in their war, but one boy’s uncle gives him to
a man who promises to take him to a safe place or possibly a safe time.
I haven’t just been to Mecca. I’ve been there in the time of the Prophet, peace be
upon him.
“Lost Continent” by Greg Egan, in The Starry Rift: Tales of
New Tomorrows, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Viking, April 2008).