The shout has echoed throughout history, "Barbarians at the gate!" Words that strike terror in the hearts of civilized peoples everywhere. If we have learned anything from our past, it is that history repeats itself. So on a grim day in the future when less civilized aliens attack us will we cry, "Barbarians At The Jumpgate!" Award winning author and editor Bruce Gehweiler has gathered together for the first time fifteen fresh tales of science fiction and fantasy adventure that hearken back to the golden age of science fiction. Join C.J. Henderson, Patrick Thomas, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, John Sunseri, Robert E. Waters, James Chambers, Bernie Mojzes, James Daniel Ross, R. Allen Leider, Neal Levin, Lawrence Barker, and Darren W. Pearce on a wild ride through towering imaginations and an uncertain future as great civilizations fight against hordes of Barbarians... in the future!