Federation and Empire

<p>Federation and Empire is a series of short stories that chart the future history of mankind following the gift of the FTL drive from an alien species. The cast is varied: a freelance space pilot and his maverick crew telepathic twins and their sentient cat a wise president a genetically enhanced policewoman and a criminal of the same breed. They're all involved in the diaspora of humanity to the stars. Here are tales of colonisation and crime of slavery and revolution. Good old-fashioned science fiction!</p>