Sirian ExperimentsShortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize. The Sirian Experiments is the third volume in Doris Lessing's celebrated space fiction series. 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. In this interlnked quintet of novels, she creates a new, extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and interactions of three powerful galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius and their enemy, Puttiora. blending myth, fable and allegory, Doris Lessing's

coming from obscurity or poverty before being scouted by chance in a supermarket or airport

It is the story of coming to terms with painful truths of rebuilding both a life and an identity after betrayal and widowhood

Libby Joseph is famous for her romantic Christmas stories

tone and feed us

risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard

these cards act as whispers from the universe

A plan is needed

But when they wake up they realise that they are no longer in the meadow … they''re inside a HUMAN HOUSE

I never even made it to the first base

Russian front

guarded by a mysterious woman

He's good with his gun and is drawn to trouble but he's also out of money and out of options