Where to Begin
The Kenyalang Series tells the story of love, family and togetherness across novels, novellas, and short stories . The novels form the spine; each one a complete story, each one advancing the lives of Samuel, Julian, and Ravi through the vanishing world of the Edwardian Malay Archipelago.
The novellas and short stories are companions to that world rather than chapters in it. Some are set before the events of the first novel, but they are best encountered after you have read Book 1:The Kenyalang when the characters are already known to you, and the earlier glimpses of their lives carry the weight they deserve.
You, of course, may read in any order.
The Novels
Book 1
England, British India & Singapore
November to December 1910
Jesselton, British North Borneo & Kuching, Sarawak
March to June 1912
The Heart of Borneo
The Kenyalang
Book 2
Novella & Short Stories
1900 to 1902
Short Story
Companion in Cairo
Short Story
Novella
In Every Prospect
1882 to 1910
1898 to 1910
Meena’s Son
Book 3
Singapore
September 1914 to May 1915
The Chartered Men
Book 4
Book 4
Jesselton & Sandakan, British North Borneo
July 1915 to December 1916
The 7th Earl Pembroke
Bombay, British India
February 1917 to August 1917
The Lost Inheritance
Novella
Beyond Beaufort
Short Story
April 1911
The Man on Gaya Street
September 1912
Short Story
The Butler & The Sleeper Agent
July & August 1914

