Tom Durwood

Young Salima is a daughter of the Nile who longs to see the world. She feels trapped in her family’s barge business. When an invitation arrives to join the Suez Canal effort, she answers the call. The Caliph’s men seek native Egyptian clerks to help stem a tide of corruption and inefficiency....

Squinting through the rifle sight, Casey takes careful aim at the thief, on horseback, half a mile away and receding fast. The deed to Casey's family ranch has been stolen. Will her calculations hold true? Only one bullet left. Time to find out … Mocked and hounded by the other candy-stripers,...

Third Aunt is dying. The doctors from Uttarapatha charge exorbitant fees for their visit. Jayani, heroine of “Volumes of a Kiln,” makes a desperate set of new calculations to save Third Aunt’s life. Will she find the solution in time? Will the villain Al-Layth ibn Al-Saffar thwart her? A coll...