George Orwell's first novel Burmese Days, presents a devastating picture of British colonial rule, inspired by his experiences in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. The story describes both indigenous corruption and imperial bigotry. John Flory is a white timber-merchant in 1920s in Burma. Disillusioned by imperial life, Flory defies orthodoxy and befriends Indian Dr. Veraswami. The doctor is being pursued by a corrupt magistrate, U Po Kyin, who...

Scientist Dan Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship "Nostalgia for Infinity," in an attempt to learn the truth about how and why the Amarantin civilization was annihilated nine hundred thousand years earlier, not realizing that someone or something does not want the secret to be revealed.

The colonists of the planet Botany return to the planet where they were abandoned, carrying the technology to battle the deadly Eosi and unleash a surprise attack at the enslaved planet Earth

An account of the convict settlements in Australia based upon letters, diaries, and documents from the first landing in Botany Bay in 1788 to the last shipload of convicts in 1868.

After freeing themselves from the alien Catteni who had enslaved them, Kris Bjornsen, renegade Catteni Zainal, and their comrades on the planet Botany struggle to establish their new role in the universe.

Set primarily in Burma, Malaya and India, this book spans more than 100 years, from 1885 to the present. It is the tale of a family and how historical events influenced real lives. As a young Indian boy, Rajkumar, is stranded in Mandalay, and finds himself caught up in the British invasion that led to the exile of Burma's last king. He develops a consuming passion for Dolly, a household maid in the royal palace, and eventually tracks her down and...

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York's experience...