Black Projects, White Knights - (The Company Extended Universe) by Kage Baker (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"This excellent collection brings together 14 of Baker's short stories about The Company. . . These stories rank among the finest recent work in the field." --Publishers WeeklyBlack Projects, White Knights is a collection of Kage Baker's short stories in the world of the Company. Mendoza, Alec Checkerfield, Joseph, Lewis, and other familiar faces from the novels move from Cro-Magnon times to an archeological dig in Egypt to the far future. Black Projects, White Knights lets us see the Company from behind the scenes and from the side as its agents move to preserve cultural artifacts and humanity's legacy. But when the Company's secrets are uncovered, more questions arise . . .

About the Author

Kage Baker was an artist, actor, and director at the Living History Centre and taught Elizabethan English as a second language. She is best known for the Company books featuring historical time-travel science fiction. Her books and stories were nominated for Hugo and World Fantasy awards, and won a Nebula and the Theodore Sturgeon Award. Born in 1952 in Hollywood, she died on January 31, 2010.