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Books/Stories in Series The Peshawar Lancers (Penguin/Roc, ISBN 0-451-45848-6, Jan 2002) "Shikari in Galveston" novella, in Worlds that Weren't (Penguin/Roc ISBN 0-451-45886-9, Aug 2002)

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In 1878, a deadly asteroid shower decimates the population of the Northern Hemisphere and changes the wolrd climate, forcing the relocation of the British Empire to its southern colonies in India, Australia, and South Africa.

Two centuries later, when the British Raj faces deadly threats from rival empires, the crown prince places his trust and the fate of the empire in the hands of a young officer in the Peshawar Lancers and his twin sister, a brilliant and innovative scientist, Athelstane and Cassandra King, who become embroiled in foiling a plot against the Raj involving classically sinister Russians and a witch with precognition.

The grand climax is an attempt by Afghan guerrillas in blimps to hijack the royal dirigible - and the discovery that Harry Flashman grafted himself on to the King family tree at some point.

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