Books by Rashid Dossett

During the early 1860s, some of the Guaján merchants sailed to Japan. Victoria (from the Portuguese community), and some of her Spanish friends, joined the business trip. In Tokyo, however, they were drawn into a local political conflict between the supporters and opposers of the Meiji reforms. They were arrested, on false charges, and scattered throughout the country. While the conflict escalated further, Victoria adapted to her new life in a remote village in the Japanese Alps. She joined a temple choir and she even made two friends. There was a dark side to this: her success, as a foreigner, also made her a target...

After the successful expedition of Malaspina, many mestizos from New Spain and Peru migrated to the southwestern pacific to populate the Spanish settlements. The viceroy of Peru appointed an audiencia, led by a captain, to govern the Spanish towns in Nova Zeelandia. Lydia, the niece of the captain, usurped and eventually replaced her paternal uncle when she realised the natives had a tradition of a female-centred leadership. Can she handle the conflicts between the Spanish settlers, the British competitors and the natives?

The wife of Danilo (the head of the Álvarez cartel) left him for a Brazilian lover. She also robbed half of the cartel's money before she vanished! Vincente, to both console his father-in-law and to bring closure for the family, searched for someone to replace Danilo's ex-wife. The cartel's financial woes caused the collapse of the economy. Civil unrest, riots and lootings followed within days. The viceroy of New Granada threatened to annex the colony if the (local) politicians failed to solve the crisis. At the yearly vice-regal beauty pageant, Vincente selected Giovana-who won the beauty contest of the Margarita province earlier that year. As the 'trophy wife' and new 'lady of the house' of society's ruling family, she enjoyed many privileges and a life of ease. At least, that is what it seemed unto outsiders...

After an agreement between Spain and Great Britain, colonists from England and Canada settle in the Spanish Kingdom of Oregon. Among them was the British Georgina (20) and her relatives. The Spanish, mestizos, natives and British lived side by side in harmony. The societal peace was disrupted when a fleet from the Qing dynasty occupied the Spanish and British ports. Meanwhile, Georgina was distracted by her horses.