The Five Star Republic - (City of the Sun) by Janeen Webb & Andrew Enstice (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"Multigenerational, sweeping across three continents...Inventive and absorbing alternate history." --Nancy Kress <p/> The date is 1854. The place is the Australian goldfields in the British colony of Victoria--the richest prize on earth. The story begins with a stockade. The flag of independence is unfurled. Men driven beyond endurance take arms against British redcoats. At their forefront are two hundred Colt-wielding Americans, the California Rangers, led by the charismatic and idealistic Captain James McGill. The stockade falls. The Rangers are scattered. But from the ashes will rise a new revolution--a revolution powered by the sun. And this one will not fail. In the 19th century, just how close did we come to a world run on solar power? <i>The Five Star Republic</i> is history with a twist, the story of a world that might easily have been-the future you'll wish we'd had. <p/> "Original and enthralling...an alternate history imbued with hope and promise." --Pamela Sargent<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"As in the best alternate histories, the authors facilitate buy-in by using real historical figures, such as inventor John Ericsson, the creator of the USS Monitor, who published a design for a solar-powered steam pump in 1870. Harry Turtledove fans are in for a treat." --<i>PW</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Janeen Webb</b> is a multiple award-winning author, editor, and critic who has written or edited a dozen books and over a hundred essays and stories. She is a recipient of the World Fantasy Award, the Peter MacNamara SF Achievement Award, the Australian Aurealis Award, and four Ditmar Awards. Her most recent novel is <i>The Gold-Jade Dragon</i> (PS Publishing, UK, 2021). She has taught at various universities, is internationally recognised for her critical work in speculative fiction, and has contributed to most of the standard reference texts in the field.<b> Andrew Enstice</b> won the Bridport Prize for poetry at the age of nineteen. He was awarded a scholarship to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating MA, and holds a PhD from Exeter University. His first book, <i> Landscapes of the Mind</i> (Macmillan, UK) remains the definitive study of Thomas Hardy's literary landscape in his Wessex books. He swapped the academic world for life as a scriptwriter and producer with Granada Television in Manchester, UK. He lived for a while in Northern Italy, hiked in Sumatra and northern Thailand, and travelled round Australia before settling in that country.
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