Stylized chameleon illustration with ornate decorative details, encased in a circular frame. Beneath, the text reads 'Jasper Brooke' and 'Historical Fiction' on a light background.
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Novella Series

Some stories live between the chapters of a novel; in the years before, the moments unseen, the voices that never quite had room to speak.

The Jasper Brooke novellas are those stories. Each one is a companion piece to the main series, offering a window into a character's inner world that the novels, by their nature, could only glimpse. They do not replace the novels. They deepen them.

Read alone they stand as short stories in their own right. Read alongside the series they illuminate everything.

Decorative logo featuring an ornate chameleon with intricate patterns in green, brown, and gold, encased within a circular border. Below, the text reads 'Jasper Brooke' and 'Historical Fiction'.

Short Stories to Accompany CIS Novels

A young boy with dirt-stained clothes and a serious expression stands barefoot on a dusty street in a rundown neighborhood. The text on the image reads "Meena's Son" and mentions it is a companion novella to "The Kenyalang" by Jasper Brooke.
A vintage book cover titled 'Colonial Intelligence Service Field Handbook for Officers of the Service,' published in 1860 by Colonial Intelligence Service. The cover features a map of the world with a crown, an elephant, a lion, and a toucan, surrounded by decorative borders and Latin phrases.

An Introduction to the world of the CIS

An Introduction to Ravi

Read Meena's Son
Read Meena's Son
Book cover titled 'The Companion in Cairo' featuring a woman walking through a busy street in Cairo, Egypt, with market stalls and people dressed in traditional attire in the background.

Dr. Blackwood’s Story

Book cover titled "A Jungle Liaison: A Companion Novella to The Kenyalang" by Jasper Brooke, featuring two men in military uniforms standing in a dense jungle, with one man with his hand on the other's chest.

The night before the confrontation in the Pepper Garden

Book cover titled 'Love in a Time of War' with two soldiers wearing green military uniforms and hats, standing outdoors in a field.

An Introduction to Julian and Samuel

Cover of a book titled 'Love in a Time of War' showing two men in green military uniforms outdoors, with one seated and the other standing behind him. Subtext reads 'A Companion Novella to The Kenyalang' by Jasper Brooke.

What excatly is a Kenyalang