"Tribes of the Orange Sun," "Pale Yellow Sun" and "White Sun Chronicle" may be the most important online novels that you will read all year!
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Like many online novels, each book is available as an e-book (from the publisher's online bookstore) and as trade paperback (from the publisher and from other online bookstores). "White Sun Chronicle" is also available in hardcover.
Direct links to several online bookstores
(prices shown are list for trade paperback;
ebooks are $6.00 for any one of the titles)
| Tribes of the Orange Sun ($18.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
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| Pale Yellow Sun ($13.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
| White Sun Chronicle ($16.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
| Colors of the Sun ($32.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
The stories "Tribes of the Orange Sun," "Pale Yellow Sun"
and "White Sun Chronicle," by Gene Shiles, are written
for a wide variety of reader tastes and interests. The momentum
of these tales continually flows as the very real
characters struggle with global problems while
their own "personal demons" get in the way.
*Click here on synopsis to read a description of "Tribes of the Orange Sun."
*Click here on synopsis to read a description of "Pale Yellow Sun."
*Click here on synopsis to read a description of "White Sun Chronicle."
Readers' comments:
"This could really happen!"
"Thought-provoking!"
"I truly cared about
the characters!"
"Science fiction populated by human beings!"
"I couldn't put
it down!"
There are still many beautiful places on our Earth.
What will it be like in a century or two?
What is in Earth's future?

Gene Shiles is a scientist and former
Direct links to several online bookstores
(prices shown are list for trade paperback;
ebooks are $6.00 for any one of the titles)
| Tribes of the Orange Sun ($18.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
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| Pale Yellow Sun ($13.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
| White Sun Chronicle ($16.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
| Colors of the Sun ($32.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
The books are also available at other online bookstores.
To order by phone, call publisher toll-free: (877) 823-9235
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Tribes of the Orange Sun: ISBN # 0-595-20319-1The titles can also be ordered at Barnes and Noble brick-and-mortar bookstores.
Online Novels
"Tribes of the Orange Sun," published in November, 2001,
"Pale Yellow Sun," published in June, 2004, and
"White Sun Chronicle," published in November, 2007, look at
our future world (23rd century). Population has grown
to more than 24 billion. Science and technology has kept
up with this over population (fed the people) and struggled
with the environmental problems - but human lifestyles
have changed dramatically. (Note that growth to 24 billion
in 200 years requires a slowing of the current growth rate
- to a doubling in 100 years instead of 40 years).
SYNOPSIS, "Tribes of the Orange Sun"
Future scientists, struggling with over population and
environmental problems, devise an ambitious plan to
manage further population growth. Earth Government
hastily implements the new plan; the only alternative,
forced population control, is not politically attractive.
Adam Hampton, the newest member of the population
project's organizing team, objects to an excessively
optimistic use of old and some very new technologies.
He suspects that the plan is fundamentally flawed,
that the lives of the many young volunteers are at
risk. But, in the beginning, he cannot point to anything
specific. He can only watch and wait while three of his
best friends - and millions of others - begin what they
believe will be a great adventure and a new life.
The eager volunteers reach their destination, a faraway
earthlike planet, but events don't go as planned. They
must soon fight for bare survival against an ancient
menace - a menace that had plagued growing populations,
man and animal alike, since life first began.
SYNOPSIS, "Pale Yellow Sun"
The people of Emil, living a relatively idyllic life in
a bountiful land, learn that they will soon face great
change. Like it or not, they must end their isolation and
become entangled in the most critical problem menacing
the rest of civilization. All of their concerns, both
societal and personal, must make way for the new challenge.
Andy Landis is a young engineer recently graduated from
prestigious East Quadrant University. He has been offered
a great new job, and is just beginning a romance with a
young woman he has known since childhood. His plans take a
turn when he is asked to take part in a decision crucial to
his society's future. He soon learns that the choice will be
between the ruin of his beautiful homeland and mass murder
- and suspects that the decision could be his alone.
To make this terrible choice, Andy must uncover secrets
from that society's tragic early days.
SYNOPSIS, "White Sun Chronicle"
The citizens of crowded Earth, struggling to deal with
environmental degradation and lifestyle changes, face a
more crushing blow: world hunger.
The global food supply is destroyed and the people flee
the cities in a bid for survival. Hungry refugees find
that the only plentiful source of nourishment is what
had been, until recently, unthinkable.
Neil Silvers, a senior member of the Earth Senate, is one
of a lucky few who find sanctuary in a secure building
as chaos reigns outside. While he contemplates the fate
of the world, he also dreams about Laura, a young,
red-haired junior senator with intriguing green eyes.
The group’s food supply soon runs out. Neil, Laura, and
a handful of others must venture outside to face a world
where humans compete with each other as never before.
Neil and what’s left of humanity confront their darkest
fears and soon learn what survival is really about.
Read "Tribes of the Orange Sun."
Read "Pale Yellow Sun."
Direct links to several online bookstores
(prices shown are list for trade paperback;
ebooks are $6.00 for any one of the titles)
| Tribes of the Orange Sun ($18.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
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| Pale Yellow Sun ($13.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
| White Sun Chronicle ($16.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
| Colors of the Sun ($32.95) --> | Publisher, iUniverse | Barnes&Noble | Amazon |
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*Synopsis, Tribes of the Orange Sun: Future scientists, struggling with overpopulation and the ruin of Earth's natural environment, devise an ambitious plan to manage further growth of human numbers. Earth Government hastily implements the plan - the only alternative, forced population control, is not politically attractive. Adam Hampton, the newest member of the project's organizing team, objects to an overly optimistic use of old and some very new technologies. He suspects that the plan is fundamentally flawed, that the lives of the many young volunteers are at risk. But, in the beginning, he cannot point to anything specific. He can only watch and wait while three of his best friends - and millions of others - begin what they believe will be a great adventure and a new life. The eager volunteers reach their faraway destination, but events don't go as planned. They must soon fight for bare survival - against an ancient menace that had plagued growing populations, man and animal alike, since life first began.
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*Synopsis, Pale Yellow Sun: The people of Emil, living a relatively idyllic life in a bountiful land, learn that they will soon face great change. Like it or not, they must end their isolation and become entangled in the most critical problem menacing the rest of civilization. All of their concerns, both societal and personal, have to make way for the new challenge. Andy Landis is a young engineer recently graduated from prestigious East Quadrant University. He has been offered a great new job, and is just beginning a romance with a young woman he has known since childhood. His plans take a turn when he is asked to take part in a decision crucial to his society's future. He soon learns that the choice will be between the ruin of his beautiful homeland and mass murder - and suspects that the decision could be his alone. To make this terrible choice, Andy must uncover secrets from that society's tragic early days.
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*Synopsis, White Sun Chronicle: The citizens of crowded Earth, struggling to deal with environmental degradation and lifestyle changes, face a more crushing blow: world hunger. The global food supply is destroyed and the people flee the cities in a bid for survival. Hungry refugees find that the only plentiful source of nourishment is what had been, until recently, unthinkable. Neil Silvers, a senior member of the Earth Senate, is one of a lucky few who find sanctuary in a secure building as chaos reigns outside. While he contemplates the fate of the world, he also dreams about Laura, a young, red-haired junior senator with intriguing green eyes. The group’s food supply soon runs out. Neil, Laura, and a handful of others must venture outside to face a world where humans compete with each other as never before. Neil and what’s left of humanity confront their darkest fears and soon learn what survival is really about.
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