Trained by the Company, a group of cultural preservationists from the twenty-fourth century, Mendoza is sent to Shakespearean England to collect samples from the garden of Sir Walter Iden and meets a man who will change her destiny. R...

These eight stories, reprinted for the first time in this collection, delve further into the history and exploits of the Company. The book opens with the novella, 'To the Land Beyond the Sunset,' starring Lewis and Mendoza, and invol...

When the British Arean Company founded its Martian colony, it welcomed any settlers it could get. Outcasts, misfits, and dreamers emigrated in droves to undertake the grueling task of terraforming the cold red planet—only to be aban...

Espionage, time travel, and affairs gone terribly wrong define this final collection of Kage Baker's stories in the Company series. The employees of Dr. Zeus Incorporated have discovered a nearly foolproof recipe for success: combinin...

The Anvil of the World is the tale of Smith and his feud-prone people, the Children of the Sun. Smith, formerly a successful assassin, is trying to retire, hoping to live an honest life in obscurity in spite of all those who have swor...

Before the Riders came to their remote valley the Yendri led a tranquil pastoral life. When the Riders conquered and enslaved them, only a few escaped to the forests. Rebellion wasn't the Yendri way; they hid, or passively resisted, t...