The world of the early 21st Century eagerly awaits news of the first colony to be established.The Colonisation of Mars by Donald E. White explores this theme through the eyes of one of the colonising families - the Fishers. Leaders, by chance, of the starborn, we follow their attempts to survive and prosper in the unusual and often harsh environments of space and the Red Planet.The book is narrated by a descendant, recording the story of his ancestors for study by future generations.Althou...

More than 250 years after the Romans left Britain the village of Craster is facing disaster. Bands of reivers from across the Border in Scotland have always posed a threat, and their raids have at times been devastating. But the reivers would not destroy them and thereby lose a source of plunder. With the Vikings it is different. Now the very existence of the village is threatened. The men of Craster must forge alliances with other communities, and train in the arts of war. The Viking raid...