He Walked Around The Horses by H. Beam Piper

A missing British diplomat inexplicably reappears in a world where familiar political realities have diverged, prompting an inquiry that pieces together how a man might cross into a parallel timeline; blending detective procedure with speculative science, the narrative examines identity, loyalty and the unpredictable consequences when a single person's wrong step leads to an irreversible drift between alternate histories.

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