Diffident, 40-year-old teacher, Agnes Shanklin takes the trip of a lifetime to Egypt and the Holy Land. But her arrival in Cairo coincides with an event that will change history. As Agnes observes the tumult and tensions of nation-building, she is drawn more and more deeply into geopolitical intrigue and towards a personal awakening.

Combining elements of science fiction and spiritual philosophy, this novel is a tale of the devastating consequences of a scientific mission to make contact with an extraterrestrial culture.

Claudette Blum and her father are among thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing over the Alps towards Italy. For the Italians have broken with Hitler and sued for peace, and here the Blums hope to find safety at last. This book tells the story of those who sought refuge in Italy during the final phase of the Second World War.

Reeling from the aftermath of the twin tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic, diffident schoolteacher Agnes Shanklin has taken the trip of a lifetime: to Egypt and the Holy Land. But her arrival at Cairo's Semiramis Hotel coincides with an event that will change history.

The story of Emilio Sandoz, the charismatic Jesuit priest who led the well-intentioned but catastrophic mission to the distant planet of Rakhat. Emilio is forced to return against his will to continue his quest for the meaning, if any, of God's plan.

"e;All men dream, but not equally,"e; wrote Lawrence of Arabia. "e;Those who dream at night awaken to find it vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men..."e;Reeling from the twin tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic, diffident, 40-year-old teacher Agnes Shanklin has come into a modest inheritance; enough to allow her to take the trip of a lifetime to Eg

"e;All men dream, but not equally,"e; wrote Lawrence of Arabia. "e;Those who dream at night awaken to find it vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men..."e;Reeling from the twin tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic, diffident, 40-year-old teacher Agnes Shanklin has come into a modest inheritance; enough to allow her to take the trip of a lifetime to Eg