In the vast, uncharted regions of space, far beyond the capability of many to comprehend, lies the unknown galaxy of Vishtar. There dwells a benevolent race of space beings known as The Vishtar Command, who watch over newly formed worlds from their creation until evolution is well underway. Rarely do these beings from the Vishtar Command intervene directly in the affairs of civilizations on these worlds. But, when necessary, select others to carry out their noble works. When a newly formed world still in its infancy is threatened by the evil Draconians from across a distant galaxy the Vishtar Command selects Kip Calloway to thwart their plans. Kip was a professional welterweight boxer whose only goal in life was, as he put it, "A shot at the title." He believed in himself and what he could see, hear, smell, taste, or feel. But a brutal beating he received one night in the ring changed his outlook forever. On the planet Caldron, Kip soon comes to accept the fact that his life as he had known it had ended, and the greatest adventure, beginning with his death, was yet to come. Along with newfound friends, Kip survives numerous adventures as he gathers an army from the downtrodden and leads the fight against the would-be conquerors.

Continuing Perspectives on the Black Diaspora is a response to a 1990 publication that studied the persistence and resilience of black (African) diasporic populations in the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and the United Kingdom. In that book, the authors used the themes of persistence and resilience to interrogate the social processes and the coping repertoire of these diasporic populations. This volume investigates the often-overlooked African presence in Asia. Researchers sought to determine how many of these diasporic populations have fared in the context of political independence, globalization / economic marginalization, and the presence of ethnic conflict and institutional racism, even with positive class formations and declining significance of race in other geographical areas. Prescriptions for the continued viability of these diasporic populations are provided. India and China are undergoing a global renaissance, emerging as potentially significant economic, political, and cultural actors on the world scene. Meanwhile, ancestral Africa is still socially, politically, and economically fragmented, thereby causing a new migratory "push" to North America and Europe.