For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy for the victims, and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison.

En attendant les barbares is a translation of this work.

Wachten op de barbaren is a translation of this work.

À espera dos bárbaros is a translation of this work.

Før barbarene kommer is a translation of this work.

Warten auf die Barbaren is a translation of this work.

Aspettando i barbari is a translation of this work.

Esperando a los bárbaros is a translation of this work.