 There was, however, a nine-year gap between his third novel, "Expatria Incorporated", and his fourth, "Lord of Stone" (although the latter was originally published on-line in 1997).In 2001 and 2002, US-based Cosmos Books published Brooke's three novels from the early 1990s in their first US editions.2006 saw publication of "Genetopia", achieving publisher Pyr's first ever starred review in "Publishers Weekly".